Gazi () is a Western suburb of Heraklion and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit of

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. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality

Malevizi Malevizi () is a municipality in Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town of Gazi. The municipality has an area of . Municipality The municipality Malevizi was formed at the 2011 local government reform by t ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies west of

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 Crete. With 16,256 inhabitants (2021 census), it was the seat of the municipality of Gazi (Δήμος Γαζίου), which comprised several nearby villages with a total population of 20,918 and an area of . Villages of Gazi municipal unit, by community: *Gazi (17.7 km²): Gazi, Agia Marina, Agios Dimitrios, Agios Panteleimon, Ammoudara, Council-Houses, Kavrochori, Kefalogiannis, Koluvas, 62 Martyres, Xiropotamos, Kalessa. * Rodia (21.6 km²): Rodia, Kapetanaki Metochi, Linoperamata, Pantanassa, Palaiokastro, Savatiana Monastery. *Fodele (24.4 km²): Fodele, Agios Panteleimon Monastery, Fodele beach. Fodele byzant Naos

* Achlada (21.6 km²): Achlada, Agia Pelagia, Lygaria, Made. * Kalesia (10.5 km²): Ano Kalesia and Kato Kalesia Fodele is claimed as the birthplace of the painter

El Greco Doménikos Theotokópoulos (, ; 1 October 1541 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco (; "The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance, regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time. ...

, but this is disputed. His family were from the area and there is a Museum of El Greco in the village. The ruins of a Genoese castle are at Palaiokastro ("Old Castle"). Agia Pelagia is a seaside resort village.

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