Vrises

Vrises is a hamlet in Agios Vasileios, Rethymno, Crete and has about 77 residents. Vrises is situated nearby to the village Akoumia, as well as near Platanes, Rethymno.

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Type: Hamlet with 77 residents
Description: human settlement in Greece
Also known as: “Vrísai”, “Vríses”, “Vrísis”, and “Vryses”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akoumia and Kissos.

Akoumia

Village

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Akoumia is a traditional Cretan village of about 450 people in the southern part of the Rethymno regional unit, famous for the two Triopetra beaches. It is part of the municipality Agios Vasileios.

Kissos

Village

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Kissos is a village, which is situated 3½ km north of Vrises.

Aktounta is a village in the Rethymno regional unit in Crete, Greece. Aktounta belongs to the municipal unit of Lampi in the municipality of Agios Vasileios and it is 35 km away from Rethymno. Population: 57. Altitude: 640 meters. Aktounta is situated 4½ km northwest of Vrises.

Vrises

Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Agios Vasileios, Rethymno, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

35.16346° or 35° 9′ 49″ north

Longitude

24.57541° or 24° 34′ 32″ east

Population

Elevation

547 metres (1,795 feet)

Open location code

8G765H7G+95

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1196755527

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

251650

Wikidata ID

Q21732038

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In Other Languages

From French to Russian—“Vrises” goes by many names.

French: “Vrýse”
French: “Vrýses”
German: “Vrises”
Greek: “Vrýsai”
Greek: “Vrýses”
Greek: “Βρύσαι Ρεθύμνης”
Greek: “Βρύσαι”
Greek: “Βρύσες Αγίου Βασιλείου Ρεθύμνης”
Greek: “Βρύσες Αγίου Βασιλείου”
Greek: “Βρύσες Ρεθύμνης”
Greek: “Βρύσες”
Irish: “Vrises”
Russian: “Врисес”

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