Vrachasi
Vrachasi is a village and a former municipality in the Lasithi regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Agios Nikolaos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 63.41 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 311 residents
- Description: village in Lasithi, Greece
- Also known as: “Vrahasi”, “Vrakhásion”, and “Βραχάσιον”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Agios Georgios Selinari.
Agios Georgios Selinari
Church
Photo: Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Agios Georgios Selinari is a church, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Vrachasi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Milatos and Neapoli.
Milatos
Village
Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Milatos is a village, which is situated 4 km north of Vrachasi.
Neapoli
Town
Photo: Nikos massios, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Neapoli is a small town and a former municipality in Lasithi, eastern Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been treated as a municipal unit of Agios Nikolaos. Neapoli is situated 4 km southeast of Vrachasi.
Sisi
Village
Photo: Stegop, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sisi, or Sissi is a small Greek resort in the municipal unit Vrachasi, Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete. It is situated on the north coast, 6 km northwest of Vrachasi and 6 km east of Malia, 22 km northwest of Agios Nikolaos and 35 km east of Heraklion. Sisi is situated 5 km northwest of Vrachasi.
Vrachasi
- Category: locality
- Location: Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.27304° or 35° 16′ 23″ northLongitude
25.56412° or 25° 33′ 51″ eastPopulation
311Elevation
373 metres (1,224 feet)Open location code
8G777HF7+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 5211849880OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
251686Wikidata ID
Q12874750
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Russian—“Vrachasi” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Vrahasi”
- Catalan: “Vrakhassi”
- Czech: “Vrachasi”
- Dutch: “Vrachasi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ڤراهاسى”
- Finnish: “Vrachási”
- French: “Vrachási”
- French: “Vrachásion”
- German: “Vrachasi”
- Greek: “Βραχάσι Λασιθίου”
- Greek: “Βραχάσι”
- Greek: “Βραχάσιον Λασιθίου”
- Italian: “Vrachasi”
- Japanese: “ヴラハシ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vrakhási”
- Russian: “Врахасион”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Latsida and Σεληνάρι.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ιερός Ναός της του Θεού Σοφίας and Αρχαιολογικές ανασκαφές Αναύλοχου.
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