Agios Vasileios () is a village and a municipality in
Rethymno
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regional unit,
Crete
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,
Greece
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. The seat of the municipality is the village
Spili
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.
The municipality has an area of .
Municipality
The municipality Agios Vasileios was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units:
[
* Foinikas
*]Lampi
Lampi () is a former municipality in the Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece
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Province
The province of Agios Vasileios () was one of the provinces
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of the Rethymno Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality.[ ] It was abolished in 2006.
References
{{Prefectures and provinces of Greece
Populated places in Rethymno (regional unit)
Municipalities of Crete
Provinces of Greece