Gazi, Crete
Suburb of Heraklion, Greece
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Gazi (Greek: Γάζι, romanized: Gazi) is a western suburb of Heraklion and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit of Crete in Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality Malevizi, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit comprises several nearby villages with a total area of 95.81 square kilometres (36.99 sq mi) and a total population of 20,918, of whom 16,256 live within Gazi (2021 census). It lies 6 kilometres (4 miles) west of Heraklion, on the north coast of Crete.
Gazi
Γάζι | |
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 Location within the regional unit | |
  Gazi | |
| Coordinates: 35°19.5′N 25°04′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Crete |
| Regional unit | Heraklion |
| Municipality | Malevizi |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 95.8 km2 (37.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 32 m (105 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 20,918 |
| • Municipal unit density | 218/km2 (566/sq mi) |
| • Community | 16,256 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Villages of Gazi municipal unit, by community:
- Gazi (17.7 km²): Gazi, Agia Marina, Agios Dimitrios, Agios Panteleimon, Ammoudara, Council-Houses, Kavrochori, Kefalogiannis, Koluvas, 62 Martyres, Xiropotamos, Kalessa.
- Rodia (21.6 km²): Rodia, Kapetanaki Metochi, Linoperamata, Pantanassa, Palaiokastro, Savatiana Monastery.
- Fodele (24.4 km²): Fodele, Agios Panteleimon Monastery, Fodele beach.
- Achlada (21.6 km²): Achlada, Agia Pelagia, Lygaria, Made.
- Kalesia (10.5 km²): Ano Kalesia and Kato Kalesia
Fodele is claimed as the birthplace of the painter El Greco, but this is disputed.[3] His family were from the area and there is a Museum of El Greco in the village.
The ruins of a Genoese castle are at Palaiokastro ("Old Castle").
Agia Pelagia is a seaside resort village.
