Fres
Sign in to saveFres () 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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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- +326
- Elevation
- +220
- Image
- Φρες 0136.jpg
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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.