Nea Kydonia

Nea Kydonia municipality (Source)

Chania Municipalities, Satellite Image

Nea Kydonia (Greek:Νεα Κυδονια) is a municipality in Chania Prefecture on the outskirts of Chania on the island of Crete, Greece.

The area is popular with tourists for its beaches and proximity to Chania. It saw fierce fighting during the Battle of Crete during World War II and there the main prisoner of war camp for Allied soldiers in Western Crete was in Galatas.

The seat of the municipality of Nea Kydonia is in the village of Galatas. Galatas has a popular beach at Kalamaki and a port called Kato Galatas. Agia Marina, Stalos and Daratso are other principal settlements of the municipality, as well as the uninhabited island of Agii Theodori (or Agioi Theodoroi). It is part of the province of Kydonia.

Agioi Theodoroi (Theodorou) island, near Agia Marina and Platanias. Klick image to enlarge


Division of the Nea Kydonia municipality, population 7301 (2001 census)

  • Daratsos / Δ.δ. Δαράτσου -- ο Δαράτσος [ 3209 ]
  • Agia Marina / Δ.δ. Αγίας Μαρίνας [ 1448 ]
    • Agia Marina / η [ 1448 ]
    • Agioi Theodoroi / οι Άγιοι Θεόδωροι (νησίδα) [ 0 ]
  • Galatas / Δ.δ. Γαλατά -- ο [ 2120 ]
  • Stalos / Δ.δ. Σταλού -- ο [ 524 ]

Agia Marina

Divisions of the Chania prefecture

Provinces of the Chania prefecture

Apokoronas | Kissamos | Kydonia | Selino | Sfakia

Municipalities of the Chania prefecture

Akrotiri | Anatoliko Selino | Armeni | Chania | Eleftherios Venizelos | Fres | Georgioupoli | Innachori | Kandanos | Keramia | Kissamos | Kolymvari | Kryonerida | Mousouri | Mythimna | Nea Kydonia | Pelekanos | Platanias | Sfakia | Souda | Theriso | Vamos | Voukolies

Non-municipal communities of the Chania prefecture

Asi Gonia | Gavdos

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