Temenos () is a former municipality in the Heraklion Regional Unit,

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

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 ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 56.608 km². Population 3,421 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Profitis Ilias.

Province

The province of Temenos () was one of the

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of the Heraklion Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Heraklion (except the municipal unit Gorgolainis and a few other villages) and the municipal unit

Archanes Archanes (, Godart & Olivier abbreviation: ARKH) is a former municipality in the Heraklion (regional unit), Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Archanes-Asterousia, of which ...

. It was abolished in 2006.

References

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