Viannos ( el, Βιάννος) is a municipality in the

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,

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, ...

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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 ou ...

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 Pediada ( el, Πεδιάδα, "plain") is a region and former Provinces of Greece, province of Heraklion Prefecture, Crete, Greece. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Chersonisos, the municipal units Kastelli, Herakli ...

. It was abolished in 2006.

References

Municipalities of Crete Populated places in Heraklion (regional unit) Provinces of Greece {{Crete-geo-stub