Roustika
Sign in to saveRoustika 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 Nikiforos Fokas. Capital of the new municipality is Rethymnon. It is traditional settlement and is classified in Class II, that is of average cultural value (Government Gazette 728/21-9-1995). In 2005 Roustika was awarded as a "'clean and organized traditional community"'
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Roustika
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Ρούστικα
- Greek Dimos.type
- community
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Crete
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Rethymno
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Rethymno
- Greek Dimos.municunit
- Nikiforos Fokas
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 172
- Greek Dimos.area_community
- 4.550
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 74055
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 28310
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΡΕ
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Geography, origin of name, history
- Attractions: Temples, important buildings
- Miscellaneous
- See also
- References
- External links
Roustika 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 Nikiforos Fokas. Capital of the new municipality is Rethymnon. It is traditional settlement and is classified in Class II, that is of average cultural value (Government Gazette 728/21-9-1995). In 2005 Roustika was awarded as a "'clean and organized traditional community"'
==Geography, origin of name, history== Roustika is located twenty kilometers southwest of Rethymno at an altitude of 290 m at the foot of the hill Ambelos. Roustika existed before the conquest of Crete by the Venetians. The name could originate from the Arabic word Roustak (which means: village) and it is believed that the Venetians adapted the name to their language as Roustika. Others believe it originates from the Latin word rustic (=rural). Population of Roustika {| class="wikitable sortable" |- class="hintergrundfarbe5" ! Name !!1928 !! 1940 !! 1951 !! 1961 !!1971 !!1981 !!1991 !!2001 !!2011 !!2021 |- | Roustika | style="text-align:right" | 514 | style="text-align:right" | 546 | style="text-align:right" | 441 | style="text-align:right" | 354 | style="text-align:right" | 261 | style="text-align:right" | 251 | style="text-align:right" | 233 | style="text-align:right" | 261 | style="text-align:right" | 150 | style="text-align:right" | 118 |- | Palailimnos | style="text-align:right" | 105 | style="text-align:right" | 122 | style="text-align:right" | 90 | style="text-align:right" | 91 | style="text-align:right" | 93 | style="text-align:right" | 73 | style="text-align:right" | 76 | style="text-align:right" | 104 | style="text-align:right" | 53 | style="text-align:right" | 54 |- class="sortbottom" | Total | style="text-align:right" | 619 | style="text-align:right" | 668 | style="text-align:right" | 531 | style="text-align:right" | 445 | style="text-align:right" | 354 | style="text-align:right" | 324 | style="text-align:right" | 309 | style="text-align:right" | 365 | style="text-align:right" | 203 | style="text-align:right" | 172 |}