Atsipopoulo is a local community of the
Rethymno Municipality in the
Rethymno (regional unit)
Rethymno () is one of the four regional units of Crete, Greece. Its capital is the city of Rethymno. Today, its main income is tourism. The countryside is also based economically on agriculture and herding.
Administration
The regional unit Rethy ...
of the
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...
of
Crete
Crete ( ; , Modern Greek, Modern: , Ancient Greek, Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the List of islands by area, 88th largest island in the world and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fifth la ...
established by
Kallikratis reform
The Kallikratis Programme () is the common name of Greek law 3852/2010 of 2010, a major administrative reform in Greece. It brought about the second major reform of the country's administrative divisions following the 1997 Kapodistrias reform.
...
. Previously, it was part of
municipality of Nikiforos Fokas. Capital of the new municipality is
Rethymno
Rethymno (also Rethymnon; ) is a city in Greece on the island of Crete. It is the capital of Rethymno regional unit, and has a population of more than 35,000 inhabitants (nearly 40,000 for the municipal unit). It is believed to have been built ...
.
Population
See also
List of settlements in the Rethymno regional unit
External links
Photo Gallery, Web site of municipality of Rethymnnoretrieved at 11 April 2012
Cycling routes, Web site of Tourism Promotion Committee of Rethymno Prefecture retrieved at 11 April 2012
References
Populated places in Rethymno (regional unit)
Rethymno (municipality)
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