Archanes-Asterousia Explained

Archanes–Asterousia
Name Local:	Αρχάνες-Αστερούσια
Type:	municipality
Periph:	Crete
Periphunit:	Heraklion
Pop Municipality:	16072
Area Municipality:	337.1
Population As Of:	2021
Coordinates:	35.2333°N 35°W

Archanes–Asterousia (el|Αρχάνες-Αστερούσια) is a municipality in Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Peza.^[1] The municipality has an area of 337137km2.^[2]

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:^[1]

• Archanes
• Asterousia
• Nikos Kazantzakis

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 .