Faistos

Faistos Φαιστός
Faistos
Location within the region
Coordinates: 35°03′N 24°52′E / 35.050°N 24.867°E / 35.050; 24.867Coordinates: 35°03′N 24°52′E / 35.050°N 24.867°E / 35.050; 24.867
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Heraklion
Area
• Municipality	412.7 km2 (159.3 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Municipality	24,466
• Municipality density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Faistos (Greek: Φαιστός) is a municipality in Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Moires.^[2] It is named after the ancient city Phaistos, located in the municipality.

Municipality

The municipality Faistos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[2]

• Moires
• Tympaki
• Zaros

References

Administrative division of the Crete Region Area 8,336 km2 (3,219 sq mi) Population 623,065 (as of 2011) Municipalities 24 (since 2011) Capital Heraklion Regional unit of Chania Apokoronas Chania Gavdos Kantanos-Selino Kissamos Platanias Sfakia Regional unit of Heraklion Archanes-Asterousia Faistos Gortyna Heraklion Hersonissos Malevizi Minoa Pediada Viannos Regional unit of Lasithi Agios Nikolaos Ierapetra Oropedio Lasithiou Siteia Regional unit of Rethymno Agios Vasileios Amari Anogeia Mylopotamos Rethymno Regional governor Stavros Arnaoutakis (reelected 2014) Decentralized Administration Crete