Eleftherios Venizelos () is a former municipality in the Chania regional unit,

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Chania Chania (, , ), also sometimes romanization of Greek, romanized as Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania (regional unit), Chania regional unit. It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about west of Rethymno ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of . It is centred on the town of Mournies, due south of the city of

. The municipality was named for the Greek statesman

Eleftherios Venizelos Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos (, ; – 18 March 1936) was a Cretan State, Cretan Greeks, Greek statesman and prominent leader of the Greek national liberation movement. As the leader of the Liberal Party (Greece), Liberal Party, Venizelos ser ...

, who was born in Mournies. Other settlements include the villages of Pasakaki, Nerokouros, Vandes and Agios Georgios. , the population of the municipal unit was 13,018.

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Populated places in Chania (regional unit) Chania {{Crete-geo-stub