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Kouses

Kouses is a village in , , and has about 121 residents. Kouses is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .
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  • Type: Village with 121 residents
  • Description: village in Greece
  • Also known as: “Kousé”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Phaistos and Phaistos Disc.

Archaeological site
Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Latin Phaestus, is a Bronze Age archaeological site at modern , a municipality in south central . is situated 4 km northwest of Kouses.

Ruins
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The , or Phaistos Disk, is a disc of fired clay from the island of , , possibly from the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age, bearing a text in an unknown script and language. is situated 4 km north of Kouses.

Photo: Marsyas, CC BY 2.5.
is situated 4 km northwest of Kouses.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petrokefali and Sivas.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km east of Kouses.

Kouses

Latitude
35.019° or 35° 1′ 8″ north
Longitude
24.83138° or 24° 49′ 53″ east
Population
121
Elevation
123 metres (404 feet)
Open location code
8G762R9J+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1286464768
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
258981
Wiki­data ID
Q2406185
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Kouses” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Kouses”
  • French: “Kousés”
  • German: “Kouses”
  • Greek: “Κουσές Ηρακλείου”
  • Greek: “Κουσές”
  • Russian: “Коусес”
  • Turkish: “Kouses”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Listaros and Agios Ioannis Pyrgiotissis.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include πύργος τον Κουρμούλης and Μιχαλα Κουρμουλης.

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