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Theriso
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Theriso () 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 Chania, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of . It was part of the former Kydonia Province, which covered the central part of Chania Prefecture.
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Place details
- Locality
- Θέρισο
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Κρήτης
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Theriso
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Θέρισο
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Therisou.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Crete
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Chania
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Chania
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 8914
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 120
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 74.1
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 731 00
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 28210
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΧΝ, XB
- Greek Dimos.website
- Theriso Website
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Θέρισο 4462.JPG
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- View of Theriso
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 113
- Elevation
- 580
- Image
- Θέρισο 4462.JPG
- Dialing code
- 2821
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- Theriso
- postal code
- 731 00
- native label
- Θέρισο
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Theriso () 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 Chania, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of . It was part of the former Kydonia Province, which covered the central part of Chania Prefecture.
The town of Theriso is located to the south of Chania at the top of the Theriso gorge. The 14 km drive up the gorge is considered spectacular and is popular with Chania residents for the cooler temperatures and grill restaurants of the village. Theriso is a historic village and the birthplace of the mother of Eleftherios Venizelos. In 1905, Venizelos organised the Revolutionary Assembly in the village that ousted Prince George of Greece and precipitated the independence of Crete and its union with Greece (see Theriso revolt).
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