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Malevizi Μαλεβίζι
Municipality
MaleviziLocation within the region
Coordinates: 35°22′N 25°00′E / 35.367°N 25.000°E / 35.367; 25.000
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Heraklion
Area
• Municipality	291.9 km (112.7 sq mi)
Population
• Municipality	25,734
• Density	88/km (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Malevizi (Greek: Μαλεβίζι) is a municipality in Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town of Gazi. The municipality has an area of 291.907 km (112.706 sq mi).

Municipality

The municipality Malevizi was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

• Gazi
• Krousonas
• Tylisos

Province

The province of Malevizi (Greek: Επαρχία Μαλεβιζίου) was one of the provinces of the Heraklion Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Malevizi, the municipal unit Gorgolainis and parts of Paliani and Heraklion. 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

• Municipalities of Crete
• Populated places in Heraklion (regional unit)
• Malevizi
• Provinces of Greece