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Tylisos
Sign in to saveTylissos (also Pyrgos-Tylissos or Tylisos; ; Linear B: Tu-li-so) 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 Malevizi, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of . Population 2,252 in 2021. It is an ancient Minoan peak sanctuary and town. The Municipality of Tylisos was created in 1999 and includes 11 villages. The economy is based on agriculture, mainly grape cultivation (accounting for 4.8% of the island’s production) and olive cultivation. At the same time sto
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- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Τυλίσου
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Κρήτης
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 2,252
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Tylissos
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Τύλισος
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Tylisou.svg
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Ancient Tylissos.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- Ancient Tylisos
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 200
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Crete
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Heraklion
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Malevizi
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 2252
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 944
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 131.1
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Official website
Δικτυακός Τόπος Τουριστικής Προβολής Δήμου Τυλίσου - Αρχική
Municipality of Tylisos in Crete Greece. Find info regarding the Municipality of Heraklion and Tylisos. Δήμος Τυλίσου Ηράκλειο Κρήτης
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 933
- Elevation
- 200
- Official website
- www.tylisos.gr
- Image
- Ancient Tylissos.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2810-8
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- Commons category
- Tylissos
- postal code
- 71500
- native label
- Τύλισος
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Tylissos (also Pyrgos-Tylissos or Tylisos; ; Linear B: Tu-li-so) 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 Malevizi, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of . Population 2,252 in 2021. It is an ancient Minoan peak sanctuary and town. The Municipality of Tylisos was created in 1999 and includes 11 villages. The economy is based on agriculture, mainly grape cultivation (accounting for 4.8% of the island’s production) and olive cultivation. At the same time stock farming of sheep, goats and chickens and beehive farms are abundant.
==Archaeology==
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