Prines () is a local community of the municipality of

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 ...

within Rethymno regional unit,

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. Before the "Kallikratis Project" it belonged to the municipality of

Nikiforos Fokas Nikiforos Fokas () is a former municipality in the Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rethymno, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of . It was ...

(Νικηφόρος Φωκάς). It lies 5 km W-SW of the town of

and consists of the village Prines, with 895 inhabitants and the settlement Vederoi with 42 inhabitants (2021 census). Together, the two settlements have been classified as "preservable traditional settlements" thus retaining their traditional style and character. Before 1932 Prines was the seat of a community consisting of the villages Prines, Vederoi and Gerani. The community of Prines, then consisting of Prines and Vederoi, was absorbed into the new municipality

in 1997.Κ. Πρινέ (Ρεθύμνης)
EETAA local government changes Prines used to be an important place during the Venetian occupation of Crete (1204-1669 AD). According to local traditions, its name derives either from a Venetian lord (that the locals used to call "Prince") who lived there or after a very common bush called "Prinos" or "Prinari" that flourishes in the area. The village church, dedicated to St. Nikolaos, dates from the 13th century. The majority of the local products are related to agriculture (mainly olives and olive-oil) and stock-breeding but there are also some small factories which employ a number of the inhabitants.

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Populated places in Rethymno (regional unit) Rethymno (municipality) {{Crete-geo-stub