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Fres () is a village and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Apokoronas, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of . The municipal unit of Fres has a population of 787 (2021). The city has a large main square surrounded by several cafés where the locals in the village meet and socialize. An archway in Fres leads through to the upper village and to the chapel of Our Lady of the Two Rocks.

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Place details

Locality
Φρες
Region
Περιφέρεια Κρήτης
Country
Ελλάς
Population
0

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Key facts

Greek Dimos.name
Fres
Greek Dimos.name_local
Φρες
Greek Dimos.type
municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_map
DE Fre.svg
Greek Dimos.map_caption
Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph
Crete
Greek Dimos.periphunit
Chania
Greek Dimos.municipality
Apokoronas
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
787
Greek Dimos.pop_community
228
Greek Dimos.population_as_of
2021
Greek Dimos.area_municunit
53.8
Greek Dimos.elevation
220
Greek Dimos.postal_code
730 08
Greek Dimos.area_code
28250
Greek Dimos.licence
ΧΝ

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Fres () is a village and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Apokoronas, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of . The municipal unit of Fres has a population of 787 (2021). The city has a large main square surrounded by several cafés where the locals in the village meet and socialize. An archway in Fres leads through to the upper village and to the chapel of Our Lady of the Two Rocks.

It takes in foothills of the White Mountains (Lefka Ori). The settlements in Fres are Paidochori, Pemonia, Tzitzifes, Melidoni and Fres village.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fres” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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