Amari (municipality)

Amari Αμάρι
Amari
Location within the region
Coordinates: 35°14′N 24°39′E / 35.233°N 24.650°ECoordinates: 35°14′N 24°39′E / 35.233°N 24.650°E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Rethymno
Area
• Municipality	277.7 km^2 (107.2 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Municipality	5,915
• Municipality density	21/km^2 (55/sq mi)
Community[1]
• Population	142 (2011)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

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] One of the major geographic features of Amari is the Amari Valley, a landform of high elevation known for olive cultivation.^[3] It is thought that Monastiraki was developed by Phaistos inhabitants founding a satellite center as they pushed out into the Amari Valley.^[4]

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
• Syvritos

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.^[5] It was abolished in 2006.

References

1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
3. Crete: Amari Valley
4. C.Michael Hogan, Phaistos Fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian (2007)
5. "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). (39 MB) (Greek) (French)