Rethymno (municipality)


The Municipality of Rethymno is a municipality in the Rethymno of the region of Crete established by Kallikratis reform. It consists of the unification of the pre-existing municipalities Arkadi, Lappa, Rethymno and Nikiforos Fokas of Rethymno Prefecture. The extent of the new municipality is, and it had a population of 55,525 inhabitants at the 2011 census. The seat of the new municipality is the town Rethymno.

Subdivisions

The Municipality of Rethymno consists of the following communities:
Several areas of this municipality are included in the Cadastre system and is under the authority of the Cadastral Office of Rethymno, namely: the area and the suburbs of the city of Rethymno since 12 March 2012, Adele since 18 Mai 2006, Argyroupoli since 28 March 2005, Armenoi since 15 September 2005, Atsipopoulo since 3 January 2006, Gerani since 28 March 2005, Episkopi, Archontiki, Koufi and Karoti since 21 July 2005, Maroulas since 21 July 2005, Prasies since 7 July 2005, Prines since 6 October 2005, Rousospiti since 21 July 2005, Chromonastiri since 7 July 2005

Province

The province of Rethymno was one of the provinces of the Rethymno Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality. It was abolished in 2006.