Malevizi () is a municipality in

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regional unit,

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. The seat of the municipality is the town of

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. The municipality has an area of .

Municipality

The municipality Malevizi was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units: *

Krousonas Krousonas () is a village and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares la ...

* Tylisos

Province

The province of Malevizi () was one of the

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of the Heraklion Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Malevizi, the municipal unit Gorgolainis and parts of

Paliani Paliani () is a former municipality in the Heraklion (regional unit), Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Heraklion, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has a ...

and

. It was abolished in 2006.

References

{{Prefectures and provinces of Greece Municipalities of Crete Populated places in Heraklion (regional unit) Provinces of Greece