Agia Varvara () is a village and a former municipality in the
Heraklion regional unit,
Crete
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,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Gortyn
Gortyn, Gortys or Gortyna (, , or , ) is a municipality, and an archaeological site, on the Mediterranean island of Crete away from the island's capital, Heraklion. The seat of the municipality is the village Agioi Deka. Gortyn was the Roman c ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of .
Population 4,241 (2021). The village lies at an altitude of about 580 meters and has 2,096 inhabitants.
Agia Varvara lies on the busy north–south road from
Heraklion
Heraklion or Herakleion ( ; , , ), sometimes Iraklion, 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 G ...
on the north coast of the island towards the centre.
References
Populated places in Heraklion (regional unit)
Gortyn
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