Kourounes
Kourounes is a hamlet in Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete and has about 45 residents. Kourounes is situated nearby to the hamlet Perambela, as well as near the village Kastelli.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dreros and Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia.
Dreros
Archaeological site
Dreros, also Driros, near Neapoli in the regional unit of Lasithi, Crete, is a post-Minoan archaeological site, 16 km northwest of Agios Nikolaos. Known only by a chance remark of the 9th-century Byzantine grammarian Theognostus, archaeology of the site shows Dreros to have been initially colonised by mainland Greeks in the early Archaic Period about the same time as Lato and Prinias.
Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia
Church
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Metropolitan Church of Megali Panagia is situated 3½ km southwest of Kourounes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fourni and Limnes.
Fourni
Village
Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fourni is a village, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Kourounes.
Limnes
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Limnes is a traditional Cretan small village in Lasithi, Crete, Greece, located 10 km from Agios Nikolaos. It is surrounded by olive trees and mountains. Limnes is situated 3½ km south of Kourounes.
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 3½ km southwest of Kourounes.
Kourounes
- Type: Hamlet with 45 residents
- Also known as: “Kouroúnai” and “Kouroúnes”
- Category: locality
- Location: Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.27828° or 35° 16′ 42″ northLongitude
25.6361° or 25° 38′ 10″ eastPopulation
45Elevation
523 metres (1,716 feet)Open location code
8G777JHP+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 5160248441OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
259003
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In Other Languages
From German to Greek—“Kourounes” goes by many names.
- German: “Kourounes”
- Greek: “Κουρούνες”
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