Moires
Sign in to saveMoires (, "Fates") is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Faistos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of and a population of 11,399 people (about 6,900 for the town itself). The weekly market of the agricultural town of Moires is the largest in the region. In the early Middle Ages it was the home of Christian hermits, who allegedly met only once a year to worship at the chapel of Agios Andonis, built in the 14th or 15th century.
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Place details
- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Μοιρών
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Κρήτης
- Country
- Ελλάς
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Moires
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Μοίρες
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Miron.svg
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Μοίρες Ηρακλείου 9648.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- The centre of Moires
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 90
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Crete
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Heraklion
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Faistos
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- +6379
- Elevation
- +90
- Image
- Μοίρες Ηρακλείου 0838.jpg
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Article
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- Population
- Climate
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Moires (, "Fates") is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Faistos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of and a population of 11,399 people (about 6,900 for the town itself). The weekly market of the agricultural town of Moires is the largest in the region. In the early Middle Ages it was the home of Christian hermits, who allegedly met only once a year to worship at the chapel of Agios Andonis, built in the 14th or 15th century.
==Subdivisions==