Rouvas ( el, Ρούβας) is a former municipality in the
Heraklion regional unit,
Crete
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,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Gortyn, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of .
Population 1,821 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in
Gergeri
Gergeri ( el, Γέργερη) is the seat of Rouvas municipal unit in Heraklion (regional unit), Heraklion regional unit in the Greece, Greek island of Crete. The population was 1,440 in 2011. Gergeri's location is at a region called "Pano Riza" o ...
.
References
Populated places in Heraklion (regional unit)
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