Malevizi ( el, Μαλεβίζι) is a municipality in

Heraklion Heraklion or Iraklion ( ; el, Ηράκλειο, , ) is the largest city and the administrative capital city, capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion (regional unit), Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Gree ...

regional unit,

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. The seat of the municipality is the town of

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. The municipality has an area of .

Municipality

The municipality Malevizi was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units: *

Krousonas Krousonas ( el, Κρουσώνας) is a village and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Malevizi Malevizi ( el, Μαλεβίζι) is a munic ...

* Tylisos

Province

The province of Malevizi ( el, Επαρχία Μαλεβιζίου) 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 ou ...

of the Heraklion Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Malevizi, the municipal unit Gorgolainis and parts of Paliani and

. It was abolished in 2006.

References

{{Prefectures and provinces of Greece Municipalities of Crete Provinces of Greece Populated places in Heraklion (regional unit)