Moires
Moires (Template:Langx, "Fates") is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Faistos, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 181.885 km2 (70.226 sq mi) and a population of 11,399 people (about 6,900 for the town itself).[2][3] The weekly market of the agricultural town of Moires is the largest in the region. In the early Middle Ages it was the home of Christian hermits, who allegedly met only once a year to worship at the chapel of Agios Andonis, built in the 14th or 15th century.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit of Moires is divided into the following communities:
- Moires
- Alithini
- Antiskari
- Galia
- Kastelli
- Kouses
- Peri
- Petrokefali
- Pigaidakia (including Kaloi Limenes)
- Pompia
- Roufas
- Skourvoula
Population
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Climate
Moires has a mild climate throughout the year with mild winters and hot summers. The climate is generally dry with an average annual precipitation of 445 mm. According to the National Observatory of Athens maximum temperatures in the winter remain over 16 °C while in the summer they are close to 35 °C.
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Ελληνικά). Government Gazette.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Ελληνικά). National Statistical Service of Greece.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Ελληνικά). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Climate" (in Ελληνικά). National Observatory of Athens. Retrieved 10 Apr 2022.
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