Viannos ( el, Βιάννος) is a municipality in the
Heraklion
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regional unit,
Crete
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,
Greece
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. The municipality has an area of .
Population 5,563 (2011). The seat of the municipality is in
Ano Viannos.
In September 1943, German occupation forces inflicted heavy
loss of life and property on the region of Viannos in reprisal for its support of the
Cretan resistance
The Cretan resistance ( el, Κρητική Αντίσταση) was a resistance movement against the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy by the residents of the Greek island of Crete during World War II. Part of the larger Greek ...
.
In late July 2012, the area was hit by wildfires which caused severe damage in crops and livestock.
Σε ύφεση η πυρκαγιά στη Βιάννο Ηρακλείου, Καθημερινή onLine, 31 Ιουλίου 2012
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Province
The province of Viannos ( el, Επαρχία Βιάννου) was one of the provinces
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...
of the Heraklion Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Viannos, except a few villages that were part of the province Pediada.[ ] It was abolished in 2006.
References
Municipalities of Crete
Populated places in Heraklion (regional unit)
Provinces of Greece
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