Zaros

Zaros is a town in Faistos, Heraklion, Crete and has about 2,110 residents. Zaros is situated nearby to the village Nivritos, as well as near Kourtes.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vrontisi Monastery.

Vrontisi Monastery

Monastery

The Vrontisi Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery situated between the villages of Zaros and Vorizia of the Heraklion region in south-central Crete, Greece. Vrontisi Monastery is situated 2½ km northwest of Zaros.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nivritos and Gergeri.

Nivritos

Village

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nivritos is a village.

Gergeri

Village

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gergeri is the seat of Rouvas municipal unit in Heraklion regional unit in the Greek island of Crete. The population was 1,345 in 2021. Gergeri's location is at a region called "Pano Riza" of Psiloreiti's, and in that region there are also the villages Panasos, Nivritos, Zaros, Vorizia and Kamares. Gergeri is situated 4 km east of Zaros.

Moroni

Village

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Moroni is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Zaros.

Zaros

Type: Town with 2,110 residents
Description: village in Herakleion regional unit, Greece
Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Faistos, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

35.12984° or 35° 7′ 47″ north

Longitude

24.90455° or 24° 54′ 16″ east

Population

2,110

Elevation

334 metres (1,096 feet)

Open location code

8G764WH3+WR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 738420294

OpenStreetMap feature

place=town

GeoNames ID

251250

Wikidata ID

Q12214174

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Greek—“Zaros” goes by many names.

Arabic: “زاروس، إراكليون”
Arabic: “زاروس”
Asturian: “Zaros”
Egyptian Arabic: “زاروس”
Finnish: “Zaros”
French: “Zarós”
German: “Zaros”
Greek: “Ζαρός Ηρακλείου”
Greek: “Ζαρός”

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