Limnes

Limnes is a traditional Cretan small village in , , , located 10 km from Agios Nikolaos. It is surrounded by olive trees and mountains.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 324 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Lasithi, Greece
  • Also known as: “Límnai” and “Límnais”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dreros and Kremasta Monastery.

Archaeological site
Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
, also Driros, near in the regional unit of , , is a post-Minoan archaeological site, 16 km northwest of . Known only by a chance remark of the 9th-century Byzantine grammarian Theognostus, archaeology of the site shows to have been initially colonised by mainland Greeks in the early Archaic Period about the same time as and .

Monastery
Photo: Liubomir G, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 2½ km west of Limnes.

Church
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is situated 3 km west of Limnes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fourni and Neapoli.

Village
Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Limnes.

Town
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is a small town and a former municipality in , eastern , . Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been treated as a municipal unit of Agios Nikolaos. is situated 3 km west of Limnes.

Village
is a traditional village with small population near of . It has a folklore museum and some traditional coffee shops and an old church of St. is situated 5 km south of Limnes.

Limnes

Latitude
35.2477° or 35° 14′ 52″ north
Longitude
25.63801° or 25° 38′ 17″ east
Population
324
Elevation
178 metres (584 feet)
Open location code
8G776JXQ+36
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5211805460
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
258313
Wiki­data ID
Q6549748
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Irish—“Limnes” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Limnes”
  • Finnish: “Límnes”
  • French: “Límne”
  • French: “Límnes”
  • German: “Limnes”
  • Greek: “Λίμναι”
  • Greek: “Λίμνες Λασιθίου”
  • Greek: “Λίμνες”
  • Irish: “Limnes”

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