Moires ( el, Μοίρες, "Fates") is a town and a former municipality in the
Heraklion regional unit,
Crete,
Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Faistos, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of and a population of 11,434 people (about 6,500 for the town itself).
The weekly market of the agricultural town of Moires is the largest in the region. In the early Middle Ages it was the home of Christian hermits, who allegedly met only once a year to worship at the chapel of Agios Andonis, built in the 14th or 15th century.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit of Moires is divided into the following communities:
* Moires
* Alithini
* Antiskari
*
Galia Galia may refer to:
People Given name
*Galia Ackerman (born 1948), French-Russian writer and translator
*Galia Angelova (born 1972), Bulgarian tennis player
*Galia Dvorak (born 1988), Spanish table tennis player
*Galia Moss, Mexican adventurer
* ...
* Kastelli
* Kouses
* Peri
* Petrokefali
* Pigaidakia (including
Kaloi Limenes)
* Pompia
* Roufas
* Skourvoula
Population
Climate
Moires has a mild climate throughout the year with mild winters and hot summers. The climate is generally dry with an average annual precipitation of 445 mm. According to the
National Observatory of Athens maximum temperatures in the winter remain over 16 °C while in the summer they are close to 35 °C.
References
Messara Plain
Populated places in Heraklion (regional unit)
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