Agios Vasileios, Rethymno Explained

Agios Vasileios
Name Local:	Άγιος Βασίλειος
Type:	municipality
Periph:	Crete
Periphunit:	Rethymno
Pop Municipality:	7018
Area Municipality:	359.2
Pop Community:	200
Population As Of:	2021
Coordinates:	35.25°N 51°W

Agios Vasileios (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Άγιος Βασίλειος) is a village and a municipality in Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Spili.^[1] The municipality has an area of 359.171km2.^[2]

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:^[1]

• Foinikas
• Lampi

Province

The province of Agios Vasileios (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Επαρχία Αγίου Βασιλείου) was one of the provinces of the Rethymno Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality.^[3] It was abolished in 2006.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text. el. Government Gazette.
2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .
3. Web site: Detailed census results 1991 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183824/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00086.pdf . 2016-03-03 .