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Kandanos

Field	Value
name	Kandanos
name_local	Κάνδανος
type	municipal unit
image_skyline	Crete Kandanos tango7174.jpg
caption_skyline	Kandanos centre
map_caption	Location within the regional unit
periph	Crete
periphunit	Chania
municipality	Kantanos-Selino
image_map	DE Kandanou.svg
pop_municunit	893
pop_community	590
population_as_of	2021
area_municunit	73.1
coordinates
postal_code	730 04
area_code	28230
licence	ΧΝ, XB

Kandanos or Kantanos (), also Candanos, is a town and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kantanos-Selino, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 73.081 km2. It was part of the former Selino Province which covered the southwest of the island. The community has 590 residents.

History

Main article: Cantanus, Razing of Kandanos

Nearby is the site of the ancient town of Cantanus.

A German soldier in front of one of the signs erected after the razing.

The text reads: "Kandanos was destroyed in retaliation for the bestial ambush murder of a paratrooper platoon and a half-platoon of military engineers by armed men and women."]]

The town of Kandanos and its surrounding area suffered particularly badly from German occupation during World War II. During the Battle of Crete, resistance fighters had held advancing German soldiers for two days, preventing them from reaching Palaiochora to secure it. In retribution the occupiers razed the village to the ground and erected a sign: "Here stood Kandanos, destroyed in retribution for the murder of 25 German soldiers, never to be rebuilt again."

The town was rebuilt however, and the sign retained in a war memorial. Several of the Byzantine churches and their frescoes were restored. Germany donated waterworks after the war to the village and former soldiers stationed there returned in reconciliation.

Facilities include a health centre, a police station, a bank, a post-office, a pharmacy, and some shops, taverns and cafes. The municipality also includes 28 villages, like Anisaraki, Koufalotos, Plemeniana, Kadhros, Kakodiki and Floria.

International relations

Kandanos is twinned with:

Country	Town	Since
! !	SVK Slovakia	! !	[[File:Coat of arms of None.svg	19px]] Ostrý Grúň	! !	1987
! !	DJI Djibouti	! !	[[File:Emblem of Djibouti.svg	21px]] Arta	! !	2011

References

"ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities". [[Government Gazette (Greece).
"Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.

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