Archanes-Asterousia

Archanes–Asterousia (Greek: Αρχάνες-Αστερούσια) is a municipality in Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Peza.^[2] The municipality has an area of 337,137 square kilometres (130,169 sq mi).^[3]

Archanes–Asterousia Αρχάνες-Αστερούσια
Municipality
Archanes–Asterousia Location within the region
Coordinates: 35°14′N 25°10′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Heraklion
Area
• Municipality	337.1 km2 (130.2 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipality	16,072
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Municipality

The municipality Archanes–Asterousia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[2]

• Archanes
• Asterousia
• Nikos Kazantzakis

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.