Theriso
Theriso is a village and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chania, of which it is a municipal unit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 120 residents
- Description: village in Chania, Crete
- Also known as: “Therisa”, “Thérison”, “Therisso”, and “Thérisson”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meskla and Lakkoi.
Meskla
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Meskla is a village in the municipality of Platanias, a regional unit of Chania, western Crete, in Greece. According to the 2021 census it has 268 inhabitants. Meskla is situated 2½ km west of Theriso.
Lakkoi
Village
Photo: Aymatth2, Public domain.
Lakkoi, commonly spelled Lakki on road signs and maps, is a village on the Greek island of Crete in the foothills of the Lefka Ori. The village is situated on the road between Chania and the plateau of Omalos which leads to the Samaria Gorge. Lakkoi is situated 4 km west of Theriso.
Kampoi
Hamlet
Kampoi is a village in the municipal unit of Keramia on the island of Crete, Greece. It is built on a small plateau on the northern slope of Keramos, a peak of the White mountains. Kampoi is situated 8 km east of Theriso.
Theriso
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Chania, Chania, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.40541° or 35° 24′ 20″ northLongitude
23.98415° or 23° 59′ 3″ eastPopulation
120Elevation
578 metres (1,896 feet)Open location code
8G75CX4M+5MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1157600049OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
252953Wikidata ID
Q1233066
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Theriso” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Терисо”
- Catalan: “Thérisso”
- Dutch: “Theriso”
- Finnish: “Theriso”
- Finnish: “Thériso”
- French: “Theriso”
- French: “Therisos”
- French: “Therisso”
- French: “Therissos”
- French: “Thérissos”
- German: “Theriso”
- Greek: “Thériso”
- Greek: “Θέρισο Χανίων”
- Greek: “Θέρισο”
- Greek: “Θέρισον”
- Greek: “Θέρισσο Χανίων”
- Irish: “Theriso”
- Italian: “Theriso”
- Latin: “Therisum”
- Latin: “Therisus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thériso”
- Russian: “Терисо”
- Spanish: “Theriso”
- Spanish: “Thériso”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Theriso”. Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 3.0.