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Myriokefala is a local community of the Rethymno Municipality in the Rethymno (regional unit) of the region of Crete established by Kallikratis reform. Previously, it was part of municipality of Lappa. Capital of the new municipality is Rethymno.

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Place details

Locality
Μυριοκέφαλα
Region
Περιφέρεια Κρήτης
Country
Ελλάς
Population
268

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Key facts

Greek Dimos.name
Myriokefala
Greek Dimos.name_local
Μυριοκέφαλα
Greek Dimos.type
community
Greek Dimos.periph
Crete
Greek Dimos.periphunit
Rethymno
Greek Dimos.municipality
Rethymno
Greek Dimos.municunit
Lappa
Greek Dimos.pop_community
268
Greek Dimos.area_community
13.226
Greek Dimos.population_as_of
2021
Greek Dimos.postal_code
74100
Greek Dimos.area_code
28310
Greek Dimos.licence
ΡΕ

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Geography, origin of name, history
  • Attractions: Monuments, Temples, important buildings
  • Transportation
  • See also
  • External links
  • References

Myriokefala is a local community of the Rethymno Municipality in the Rethymno (regional unit) of the region of Crete established by Kallikratis reform. Previously, it was part of municipality of Lappa. Capital of the new municipality is Rethymno.

==Geography, origin of name, history == It is located 33 kilometers southwest of Rethymno, on the northwestern outskirts of the Kryoneritis mountain (height 1228 m) in an altitude of 500 meters with great view to the valley of Asi Gonia. Its name is due to the myriad (many) heads, i.e. hills, on which the village was built. Myriokefala is being occupied since the Venetian period. Population of Myriokefala {| class="wikitable sortable" |- class="hintergrundfarbe5" ! Name !! 1913 !! 1920 !! 1928 !! 1940 !! 1951 !! 1961 !!1971 !!1981 !!1991 !!2001!!2011 !!2021 |- | Myriokefala | style="text-align:right" | 315 | style="text-align:right" | 267 | style="text-align:right" | 251 | style="text-align:right" | 297 | style="text-align:right" | 325 | style="text-align:right" | 324 | style="text-align:right" | 285 | style="text-align:right" | 266 | style="text-align:right" | 281 | style="text-align:right" | 402 | style="text-align:right" | 268 | style="text-align:right" | 227 |- | Maroulou | style="text-align:right" | - | style="text-align:right" | 113 | style="text-align:right" | 91 | style="text-align:right" | 88 | style="text-align:right" | 86 | style="text-align:right" | 69 | style="text-align:right" | 63 | style="text-align:right" | 76 | style="text-align:right" | 59 | style="text-align:right" | 55 | style="text-align:right" | 41 | style="text-align:right" | 41 |- class="sortbottom" | Total | style="text-align:right" | 315 | style="text-align:right" | 380 | style="text-align:right" | 342 | style="text-align:right" | 385 | style="text-align:right" | 411 | style="text-align:right" | 393 | style="text-align:right" | 348 | style="text-align:right" | 342 | style="text-align:right" | 340 | style="text-align:right" | 457 | style="text-align:right" | 309 | style="text-align:right" | 268 |}

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

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