Fourni
Fourni is a village in Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete and has about 221 residents. Fourni is situated nearby to the village Kastelli, as well as near the hamlet Agios Ioanis Limnon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Dreros.
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. Dreros is situated 3½ km west of Fourni.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Limnes and Neapoli.
Limnes
Village
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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 2½ km southwest of Fourni.
Neapoli
Town
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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 5 km west of Fourni.
Elounda
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Elounda is a city on Crete. It is a seaside and popular tourist destination known for its luxury seaside resorts.
Fourni
- Type: Village with 221 residents
- Description: village in Greece
- Category: locality
- Location: Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.25841° or 35° 15′ 30″ northLongitude
25.66263° or 25° 39′ 46″ eastPopulation
221Elevation
312 metres (1,024 feet)Open location code
8G777M57+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 5211292612OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
262269Wikidata ID
Q21731035
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Localities in the Area
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