Kourounes

Kourounes is a hamlet in , , and has about 45 residents. Kourounes is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dreros and Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia.

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 .

Church
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3½ km southwest of Kourounes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fourni and Limnes.

Village
Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Kourounes.

Village
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is a traditional Cretan small village in , , , located 10 km from Agios Nikolaos. It is surrounded by olive trees and mountains. is situated 3½ km south of Kourounes.

Town
Photo: Nikos massios, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 3½ km southwest of Kourounes.

Kourounes

Latitude
35.27828° or 35° 16′ 42″ north
Longitude
25.6361° or 25° 38′ 10″ east
Population
45
Elevation
523 metres (1,716 feet)
Open location code
8G777JHP+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5160248441
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
259003
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From German to Greek—“Kourounes” goes by many names.
  • German: “Kourounes”
  • Greek: “Κουρούνες”

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