Kantanos-Selino Explained

Kantanos-Selino
Name Local:Κάντανος-Σέλινο
Type:municipality
Periph:Crete
Periphunit:Chania
Pop Municipality:5009
Area Municipality:376.3
Population As Of:2021
Coordinates:35.2333°N 64°W

Kantanos-Selino (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κάντανος-Σέλινο) is a municipality in Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. It is numbered 4 on the map of the Chania region. The seat of the municipality is the village of Palaiochora.[1] The municipality has an area of 376.254km2.[2] A significant number of fresco's painted by Ioannis Pagomenos are located in Selino.

Municipality

The municipality Kantanos-Selino was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[1]

It forms the southwest part of the Chania region and of Crete, and is bordered by Kissamos (5) to the northwest, by Platanias (6) to the north, and by Sfakia (7) to the east.

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 .