Agios Nikolaos (municipality)
Municipality of Ágios Nikólaos
Δήμος Αγίου Νικολάου | |
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 Location in Greece | |
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| Coordinates: 35°11′00″N 25°43′00″E / 35.18333°N 25.71667°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Region | Crete |
| Prefecture | Lasithi |
| Capital | Agios Nikolaos |
| Government | |
| • mayor | Antonios Zervos (CE 2014-present) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 511.99 km2 (197.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 25,570 |
| • Density | 82/km2 (212/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | GR-91 |
| Website | https://www.dimosagn.gr/ |
The municipality of Ágios Nikólaos (Greek: Δήμος Αγίου Νικολάου [ˈaʝoz niˈkolaos] "Saint Nicholas") is a deme located in the region of Crete, in Greece.. The current deme is the result of the merger in 2011 between the former deme of Ágios Nikólaos, Neapoli and the community of Vrachasi, which became municipal districts.
Its seat is the town of Ágios Nikólaos, its "historical Capital" the town of Neapoli.
History[edit]
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Already in the 19th century there was an Eparchy Mirambello (Greek: Μιραμπέλλο), the dimensions of which corresponded exactly to the current municipality of Agios Nikolaos. It was named after the Venetian fort Mirambello, which existed in the port town of Agios Nikolaos in the Middle Ages.[1] However, the place was already meaningless at that time, which is why Kenourio Chorio, today's Neapoli, was chosen as the capital.[2] Occasionally the district of Lasithi was also included in the eparchy. The Ottomans had settled Muslims from Turkey on the island with the aim of converting all of Crete to Islam. For this reason, censuses were carried out regularly.
20th century to today[edit]
Since the independence of Crete, there has been a province Mirambello in the prefecture of Lasithi. While Agios Nikolaos became the prefectural capital, Neapolis became the administrative center of the province of Mirambello.[3] As part of the municipal reform in 1997, the province was dissolved and all previous municipalities were incorporated into the two municipalities of Neapoli and Agios Nikolaos. In 2006, Vrachasi split off from Neapoli. In 2011, these three municipalities were downgraded to municipal districts and merged into the municipality of Agios Nikolaos.
References[edit]
- ^ Agios Nikolaos on alpha-omegaonline.com
- ^ Robert Pashley, Travels in Crete, 1837, J. Murray
- ^ Siegfried Lauffer (1999). Greece, Lexicon of Historical Sites. Augsburg: Bechtermünz. p. 467. ISBN 3-8289-4144-3.
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