Kolymvari ( el, Κολυμβάρι, Δήμος Κολυμβαρίου), also known as Kolymbari ( el, Κολυμπάρι), is a coastal town at the southeastern end of the
Rodopou peninsula on the Gulf of Chania. Kolymvari was formerly a municipality in the
Chania regional unit,
Crete
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, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been a municipal unit
of the municipality
Platanias. It was also formerly part of the
Kissamos province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
, which covered the northwest of
Chania Prefecture
Chania ( el, Περιφερειακή ενότητα Χανίων) is one of the four regional units of Crete; it covers the westernmost quarter of the island. Its capital is the city of Chania. Chania borders only one other regional unit: that ...
. The municipal unit has an area of , including the mostly uninhabited and barren Rodopou peninsula to the west and some villages to the south:
Rodopou,
Afrata,
Vasilopoulo,
Spilia,
Kares
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,
Episkopi,
Vouves,
Glossa,
Panethimos,
Nochia,
Deliana,
Drakona,
Ravdouchas,
Kalidonia, and
Kamisiana.
Kolymvari has only rocky beaches and is thus not as popular with tourists as the nearby resorts of
Maleme
Maleme ( el, Μάλεμε) is a small village and military airport to the west of Chania, in north western Crete, Greece. It is located in Platanias municipality, in Chania regional unit.
History
Bronze Age
A Late Minoan tholos tomb has been ...
and
Platanias. Near the town is the historic
Moni Gonia Monastery
Gonia Monastery ( el, Μονή Γωνιάς), Monastery of Our Lady of Gonia or Monastery of Panagia Hodegetria (Μονή της Οδηγήτριας) is an Orthodox monastery located 1 km north of Kolymvari and some 26 km from Chania, ...
. The Spiliakos river enters the sea at Kolymvari.
See also
*
List of communities of Chania
This is a list of settlements in the Chania regional unit, Greece.
* Afrata
* Agia Marina
* Agia Roumeli
* Agia
* Agia Eirini
* Agios Ioannis
* Alikampos
* Alikianos
* Amygdalokefali
* Anopoli
* Anoskeli
* Aptera
* Armenoi
* Aroni
...
References
External links
Municipality descriptionGTP description
{{Authority control
Populated places in Chania (regional unit)