Agios Vasileios Άγιος Βασίλειος | |
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  Agios Vasileios Location within the region  | |
| Coordinates:35°15′N24°27′E / 35.250°N 24.450°E /35.250; 24.450 | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Crete |
| Regional unit | Rethymno |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 359.2 km2 (138.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Municipality | 7,018 |
| • Density | 20/km2 (51/sq mi) |
| • Community | 200 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Agios Vasileios (Greek:Άγιος Βασίλειος) is a village and a municipality inRethymno regional unit,Crete,Greece. The seat of the municipality is the villageSpili.[2] The municipality has an area of 359.171 km2 (138.677 sq mi).[3]
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:[2]
The province of Agios Vasileios (Greek:Επαρχία Αγίου Βασιλείου) was one of theprovinces of the Rethymno Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality.[4] It was abolished in 2006.
Administrative division of theCrete Region | ||
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| Regional unit ofChania |  | |
| Regional unit ofHeraklion | ||
| Regional unit ofLasithi | ||
| Regional unit ofRethymno | ||
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