Kissamos

Coordinates: 35°29′N 23°39′E / 35.483°N 23.650°E / 35.483; 23.650
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Kissamos
Κίσσαμος
UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
734 00
Area code(s)28220
Vehicle registrationΧΝ, XB
Website[1]

Kissamos (

Roman city of Kisamos (Κίσαμος, Latinized
as Cisamus). The head town of the municipality (Δήμος Κισσάμου) is Kastelli-Kissamos itself.

History

Main article: Cisamus

Phalasarna on the west coast.[6][7]

Ecclesiastical history

The Rotunda of Michael Archangelos in Episkopi - Kissamos
Kissamos archeological museum
Mosaic in museum

Ancient Cisamus became a Christian

metropolitan see of Gortyna, the capital of the Roman province
of Crete. Only two of its first-millennium bishops are named in extant contemporary documents: Theopemptus (according to 18th-century
Trullan Council in 692, and Leo at the Second Council of Nicaea in 787.[8]

Orthodox bishopric

The bishopric is still a residential see of the Eastern Orthodox Church of Crete.[8]

Latin diocese

After the Venetian conquest of Crete in 1212, Kissamos became a Latin Church diocese. The names of more than 20 residential Latin bishops from then until the end of the 16th century are known, including :[9][10][11]

The Latin residential bishopric of

titular bishopric remains.[12]

Municipality

Kissamos municipality

The municipality of Kissamos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of three former municipalities, which became municipal units:[13]

The municipality has an area of 341.018 km2 (131.668 sq mi) and the municipal unit has an area of 149.034 km2 (57.542 sq mi).

Polirinia, Platanos, Lousakia, Sirikari, Kallergiania and Kalathena. It forms the extreme western part of the Chania regional unit, and of Crete. It is bordered by Platanias to the East, and by Kantanos-Selino
to the south.

Former province

The province of Kissamos (Greek: Επαρχία Κισσάμου) was one of the provinces of the Chania Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality of Kissamos, and the municipal units of Kolymvari and Voukolies (partly).[15] It was abolished in 2006.

Notable locals

See also

  • List of communities of Chania

References

  1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ J.A. Cramer, A Geographical and Historical Description of Ancient Greece (1828), Vol. 3, pp. 364, 379
  3. ISBN 978-0-81960121-6
    ), p. 21
  4. ^ Robert Pashley, Travels in Crete (J. Murray 1837), vol. 1, pp. 49, 55
  5. ^ Edward Falkener, A Description of Some Important Theatres and Other Remains in Crete (Trübner 1854), p. 26
  6. ^ Pendlebury (1969), p. 14
  7. ^ J.A. Cramer, A Geographical and Historical Description of Ancient Greece (1828), Vol. 3, p. 364
  8. ^ a b Raymond Janin, v. Cisamus, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XII, Parigi 1953, coll. 844-845
  9. ^ Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1 Archived 2019-07-09 at the Wayback Machine, pp. 185–186; vol. 2 Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, p. 127; vol. 3 Archived 2019-03-21 at the Wayback Machine, p. 166; vol. 5, p. 158; vol. 6, p. 166; vol. 8, pp. 205–206
  10. ^ "Diocese of Kisamos" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  11. ^ "Titular Episcopal See of Cisamus" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  12. ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1
    ), p. 870
  13. ^ "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  14. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
  15. ^ "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. (39 MB) (in Greek and French)

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