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Agios Vasileios Άγιος Βασίλειος
Municipality
Agios VasileiosLocation within the region
Coordinates: 35°15′N 24°27′E / 35.250°N 24.450°E / 35.250; 24.450
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Rethymno
Area
• Municipality	359.2 km (138.7 sq mi)
Population
• Municipality	7,018
• Density	20/km (51/sq mi)
• Community	200
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Agios Vasileios (Greek: Άγιος Βασίλειος) is a village and a municipality in Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Spili. The municipality has an area of 359.171 km (138.677 sq mi).

Municipality

The municipality Agios Vasileios was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

• Foinikas
• Lampi

Province

The province of Agios Vasileios (Greek: Επαρχία Αγίου Βασιλείου) was one of the provinces of the Rethymno Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality. It was abolished in 2006.

References

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. ^ "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
4. "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. (39 MB) (in Greek and French)

v t e Administrative division of the Crete Region
Area 8,336 km (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

• Populated places in Rethymno (regional unit)
• Municipalities of Crete
• Agios Vasileios, Rethymno
• Provinces of Greece