Faistos Municipality
Sign in to saveFaistos () is a municipality in Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Moires. It is named after the ancient city Phaistos, located in the municipality. The municipality has an area of .
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Faistos
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Φαιστός
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Festou.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Crete
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Heraklion
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 23921
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 410.8
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.seat
- Moires
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Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Municipality
- Geography
- Climate
- References
Faistos () is a municipality in Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Moires. It is named after the ancient city Phaistos, located in the municipality. The municipality has an area of .
==Municipality== The municipality Faistos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units: Moires Tympaki Zaros
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