Agios Vasileios, Rethymno

Agios Vasileios (Greek: Άγιος Βασίλειος) is a village and a municipality in Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Spili.^[2] The municipality has an area of 359.171 km² (138.677 sq mi).^[3]

Agios Vasileios Άγιος Βασίλειος
Municipality
Agios Vasileios Location within the region
Coordinates: 35°15′N 24°27′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Rethymno
Area
• Municipality	359.2 km2 (138.7 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipality	7,018
• Density	20/km2 (51/sq mi)
• Community	200
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Municipality

The municipality Agios Vasileios was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[2]

• Foinikas
• Lampi

Province

The province of Agios Vasileios (Greek: Επαρχία Αγίου Βασιλείου) was one of the provinces of the Rethymno Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality.^[4] It was abolished in 2006.

References

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
4. "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. (39 MB) (in Greek and French)