Kolymvari

Kolymvari (Greek: Κολυμβάρι, Δήμος Κολυμβαρίου), also known as Kolymbari (Greek: Κολυμπάρι), is a coastal town at the southeastern end of the Rodopou peninsula on the Gulf of Chania. Kolymvari was formerly a municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been a municipal unit ^[2] of the municipality Platanias. It was also formerly part of the Kissamos province, which covered the northwest of Chania Prefecture. The municipal unit has an area of 149.99 km² (57.91 sq mi), including the mostly uninhabited and barren Rodopou peninsula to the west and some villages to the south: Rodopou, Afrata, Vasilopoulo, Spilia, Kares, Episkopi, Vouves, Glossa, Panethimos, Nochia, Deliana, Drakona, Ravdouchas, Kalidonia, and Kamisiana.^[3]

Kolymvari Κολυμβάρι
Municipal unit
Kolymvari Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 35°32′N 23°47′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Chania
Municipality	Platanias
Area
• Municipal unit	150.0 km2 (57.9 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipal unit	4,139
• Municipal unit density	28/km2 (71/sq mi)
• Community	1,079
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	730 06
Area code(s)	28240
Vehicle registration	ΧΝ, XB
Website	Kolymvari Website

Kolymvari has only rocky beaches and is thus not as popular with tourists as the nearby resorts of Maleme and Platanias. Near the town is the historic Moni Gonia Monastery. The Spiliakos river enters the sea at Kolymvari.

See also

• List of communities of Chania