Kryonerida ( el, Κρυονερίδα) is a former municipality in the Chania regional unit,

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Apokoronas Apokoronas ( el, Αποκόρωνας) is a municipality and a former province (επαρχία) in the Chania regional unit, north-west Crete, Greece. It is situated on the north coast of Crete, to the east of Chania itself. The seat of the munici ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of . The seat of the municipality of Kryonerida was the large village of Vryses. Vryses became the seat of the new municipality Apokoronas. It is located in foothills of the White Mountains (''

Lefka Ori Lefka Ori ( el, Λευκά Όρη, meaning 'White Mountains') or Madares ( from the Cretan Greek meaning 'without coverage, bald, bare of any vegetation for high mountain areas') is a mountain range located in Western Crete, in the Chania prefect ...

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Subdivisions

The municipal unit Kryonerida is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Vryses (Vryses, Metochi, Filippos) * Alikampos * Vafes (Vafes, Arevitis, Achatzikia) * Emprosneros (Emprosneros, Vatoudiaris) * Nippos * Maza (Maza, Fones, Champatha)

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Map of Kryonerida
Populated places in Chania (regional unit) {{Crete-geo-stub

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