Moires

Moires (Greek: Μοίρες, "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.^[2] 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).^[3][1] 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.

Moires Μοίρες
Municipal unit
The centre of Moires
Moires Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 35°03′N 24°52′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Heraklion
Municipality	Faistos
Area
• Municipal unit	181.9 km2 (70.2 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipal unit	11,399
• Municipal unit density	63/km2 (160/sq mi)
• Community	6,869
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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

Population of the community of Moires

Year Pop. ±% 1900 240 —     1928 553 +130.4% 1940 1,093 +97.6% 1951 1,674 +53.2% 1961 2,195 +31.1% 1971 2,948 +34.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1981 3,501 +18.8% 1991 4,571 +30.6% 2001 6,026 +31.8% 2011 6,496 +7.8% 2021 6,869 +5.7%
Source: Population censuses[4][3][5][1]

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.

Climate data for Moires (2010–2019)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	16.0 (60.8)	17.2 (63.0)	19.2 (66.6)	23.0 (73.4)	26.7 (80.1)	31.3 (88.3)	34.5 (94.1)	34.6 (94.3)	30.9 (87.6)	26.2 (79.2)	22.1 (71.8)	17.7 (63.9)	25.0 (76.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	6.2 (43.2)	6.9 (44.4)	8.0 (46.4)	10.5 (50.9)	14.4 (57.9)	18.5 (65.3)	20.8 (69.4)	21.0 (69.8)	18.1 (64.6)	14.9 (58.8)	11.3 (52.3)	7.4 (45.3)	13.2 (55.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	106.0 (4.17)	80.0 (3.15)	45.0 (1.77)	17.0 (0.67)	8.0 (0.31)	2.0 (0.08)	0.0 (0.0)	1.0 (0.04)	8.0 (0.31)	38.0 (1.50)	52.0 (2.05)	88.0 (3.46)	445 (17.51)
Source: National Observatory of Athens[6]