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Kantanos-Selino

Kantanos-Selino

FieldValue
nameKantanos-Selino
name_localΚάντανος-Σέλινο
typemunicipality
image_map2011 Dimos Kandanou-Selinou.png
periphCrete
periphunitChania
pop_municipality5009
area_municipality376.3
population_as_of2021
coordinates
Municipalities of Chania regional unit. ''Kantanos-Selino'' is Number 4

Kantanos-Selino () 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. The municipality has an area of 376.254 km2. 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:

  • East Selino
  • Kantanos
  • Pelekanos

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.

References

References

  1. "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text". [[Government Gazette (Greece).
  2. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.
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