Faistos

Faistos is a municipality in regional unit, , . The seat of the municipality is the village . It is named after the ancient city , located in the municipality. The municipality has an area of 410.810 km.
  • Locality with about 24,900 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 110 metres (350 feet)
  • …is also known as “Faistos Municipality”
  • Description: municipality of Crete, Greece

Places of Interest

Highlights include Phaistos Disc and Palace of Phaistos.
The , or Phaistos Disk, is a disc…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moires and Galia.
is a town and a former municipality in the , , . is situated 3½ km east of Faistos.
is a village on the island of , … is situated 4 km northeast of Faistos.
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Latitude
35.0576° or 35° 3′ 27″ north
Longitude
24.835° or 24° 50′ 6″ east
Open location code
8G763R5P+22
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Faistos” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Festós”
  • Cebuano: “Dimos Faistos”
  • Chinese: “费斯托斯”
  • Dutch: “Faistos”
  • Finnish: “Faistós”
  • French: “dème de Phaïstos”
  • French: “Phaïstos (dème)”
  • French: “Phaistos”
  • German: “Festos”
  • Greek: “Δήμος Φαιστού”
  • Greek: “Φαιστού”
  • Ido: “Municipo Festos”
  • Italian: “Faistos”
  • Japanese: “フェストス”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Festós”
  • Polish: “Festos”
  • Portuguese: “Faesto (município)”
  • Portuguese: “Faisto (município)”
  • Portuguese: “Festo (município)”
  • Portuguese: “Festo”
  • Portuguese: “Festos (município)”
  • Russian: “Фестос”
  • Slovenian: “Občina Fajstos”
  • Spanish: “Festo (municipio)”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Festo”
  • Swedish: “Dimos Faistos”
  • Turkish: “Festos”
  • Vietnamese: “Faistos”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Faistos”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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