Amari (municipality)

Amari (Greek: Αμάρι) is a village and a municipality in Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Agia Foteini.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 277.285 km² (107.060 sq mi).^[3] One of the major geographic features of Amari is the Amari Valley, a landform of high elevation known for olive cultivation.^[4] It is thought that Monastiraki was developed by Phaistos inhabitants founding a satellite center as they pushed out into the Amari Valley.^[5]

Amari Αμάρι
Municipality
Amari Location within the region
Coordinates: 35°14′N 24°39′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Rethymno
Area
• Municipality	277.3 km2 (107.1 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipality	5,572
• Density	20/km2 (52/sq mi)
• Community	189
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Municipality

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

• Kourites
• Sivritos

Province

The province of Amari (Greek: Επαρχία Αμαρίου) was one of the provinces of the Rethymno Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality.^[6] 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. Crete: Amari Valley
5. C.Michael Hogan, Phaistos Fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian (2007)
6. "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. (39 MB) (in Greek and French)