Agios Georgios is a village in the

Lassithi Plateau The Lasithi Plateau ( el, Οροπέδιο Λασιθίου, ''Oropedio Lasithiou''), sometimes spelt Lassithi Plateau, is a high endorheic basin, endorheic plateau, located in the Lasithi regional unit in eastern Crete, Greece. Since the 1997 Kapo ...

in the island of

Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...

, and also a municipal unit. Agios Georgios lies at an altitude of . In 1981 its population was 1,030, but has steadily fallen since to 717 in 1991; 541 in 2001, and 490 in 2011. Locations near Agios Georgios include the small village of Koudoumalia and the village of Avrakode and also

Limnakaro Limnakaro ( el, Λιμνάκαρο) is a small (approx. 1000 m in the E-W direction and 600 m in the N-S) plateau located south of the Lasithi Plateau, near the villages of Avrakondes and Agios Georgios in eastern Crete, Greece. Limnakaro lies at ...

Plateau (height ). It is the second largest village in Lassithi Plateau, home of a Folklore Museum, the only elementary school in Lassithi Plateau and also the only kindergarten in the Municipality. It also has a small historical museum pharmacy, hotels and small restaurants. It is a starting point for an ascent of the

Dikti Dikti or Dicte ( el, Δίκτη) (also Lasithiotika Ori; el, Λασιθιώτικα Όρη "Lasithian Mountains"; anciently, Aigaion oros ( grc, Αἰγαῖον ὄρος) or la, Aegaeum mons) is a mountain range on the east of the island of C ...

(height ), and the E4 trail goes through the village. Many people with ancestry from the village of Agios Georgios live now in

Heraklion Heraklion or Iraklion ( ; el, Ηράκλειο, , ) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a population of 211,370 (Urban A ...

and in

Hersonissos Hersonissos ( el, Χερσόνησος, meaning "peninsula", ''Chersónisos'', ), also transliterated as ''Chersonissos'' and ''Hersónisos'', is a town and a local government unit in the north of Crete, bordering the Mediterranean / Aegean Sea. T ...

. In wintertime, when the Lasithi Plateau is snow-covered, many of the villagers in Agios Georgios would have descended to occupy the settlement of Analipsi on the northern coast of Crete, 5 km west of Hersonisssos and part of the Hersonissos Municipality where they cultivated olives.

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{{Oropedio Lasithiou div Villages in Greece Populated places in Lasithi