Thrapsano Municipal Unit

Thrapsano () is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Minoa Pediada, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of , and a population of 1,588 as of 2021.

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Greek Dimos.name: Thrapsano
Greek Dimos.name_local: Θραψανό
Greek Dimos.type: municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_map: DE Thrapsanou.svg
Greek Dimos.image_skyline: Θραψανό 2278.jpg
Greek Dimos.caption_skyline: View from east
Greek Dimos.map_caption: Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph: Crete
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Heraklion
Greek Dimos.municipality: Minoa Pediada
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit: 1588

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Thrapsano village is located roughly 30 km southeast of Heraklion, at an altitude of 340 m. It was a community until the 1998 Kapodistria plan, when it became a municipal district of the municipality of Thrapsano. The village is—at least in Crete—well known, especially to seniors, because of the Ventema. The Ventema was a summer campaign and temporary installation in various places of Crete, with earth ideal for pottery and much wood for the furnace, which lasted until mid-September. Thrapsano potters worked in teams to manufacture big jars called pitharia, as well as other earthen vessels. These objects were fragile, and transportation from Thrapsano was risky via donkey and mule transportation. A proverb says, "Everybody fears God, and Thrapsaniotis the walls."