NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Eleftherios Venizelos, Crete

Eleftherios Venizelos (Greek: Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος) is a municipality of the Chania Prefecture on the Greek island of Crete, centred on the town of Mournies. It is due south of the city of Chania. Chania prefecture is one of the four prefectures of Crete, Greece. ... Crete (Greek: ÎšÏÎ®Ï„Î· KrÃti; Turkish: Girit) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ... Chania (IPA , Greek: Î§Î±Î½Î¹Î¬, also transliterated as Hania, older form Chanea and Venetian: Canea, Godart and Olivier abbreviation: KH) is the second largest city of Crete and the capital of the Chania Prefecture. ...

The municipality is named for the Greek statesman, Eleftherios Venizelos, who was born in Mournies. Other settlements include the villages of Vandes and Agios Georgios. As of 2005, the Mayor was Georgios Polioudakis and the population of the municipality was 10,586 [1]. Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936), Greek statesman and diplomat. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Categories: Crete geography stubs | Chania Prefecture | Municipalities of Greece Chania prefecture is one of the four prefectures of Crete, Greece. ... Akrotiri is a peninsula in Crete, east of Chania. ... Anatoliko SÃ©lino (Greek: Î”Î®Î¼Î¿Ï‚ Î‘Î½Î±Ï„Î¿Î»Î¹ÎºÎ¿Ï Î£ÎÎ»Î¹Î½Î¿Ï…) is a municipality on the south coast of the island of Crete, Greece. ... Armenoi (Greek:Î‘ÏÎ¼ÎÎ½Î¿Î¹) is a large village and municipality in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. ... Chania (IPA , Greek: Î§Î±Î½Î¹Î¬, also transliterated as Hania, older form Chanea and Venetian: Canea, Godart and Olivier abbreviation: KH) is the second largest city of Crete and the capital of the Chania Prefecture. ... Georgioupoli or Georgioupolis (Greek: Î“ÎµÏ‰ÏÎ³Î¹Î¿ÏÏ€Î¿Î»Î·Ï‚) is a village and resort on the Greek island of Crete. ... Kissamos (Greek: ÎšÎ¯ÏƒÏƒÎ±Î¼Î¿Ï‚) is a town and municipality in the west of the island of Crete, Greece. ... Platanias (Greek: Î Î»Î±Ï„Î±Î½Î¹Î¬Ï‚) is a village on the Greek island of Crete. ... The village of HÃ³ra SfakÃon SfakiÃ¡ (Greek Î£Ï†Î±ÎºÎ¹Î¬) is a beautiful, traditional, mountainous area to the South West of the island of Crete, in the Chania prefecture. ... Souda (Greek: Î£Î¿ÏÎ´Î±) is a town and municipality of the Greek island of Crete, in the prefecture of Chania. ... Vamos is a small town and municipality on the island of Crete, Greece. ... Asi Gonias) (Greek: Î‘ÏƒÎ¯ Î“Ï‰Î½Î¯Î±), is a community in the eastern part of the prefecture of Chania, the Rethymno prefecture is bounded to the east. ... Community of Gavdos in Chania prefecture Gavdos (Greek Î“Î±ÏÎ´Î¿Ï‚) is the most southerly Greek island, located to the south of its much bigger neighbour, Crete, of which it is administratively a part, in the prefecture of Chania. ...