Administrative Region : Crete
Regional unit : Heraklion
Moires (also: Moirai) is a town and seat of the municipality of Phaistos in the Regional Unit of Heraklion with a population of 6,379 inhabitants, according to the 2011 census. Its distance from Heraklion is about 45 km. Its location is in the plain of Messara, at an altitude of 90 m. It is the seat of the Diocese of Gortyn and Arcadia. Among other things, there are 3 kindergartens, 2 Primary Schools (headquarters of the 4th Office of Primary Education), 1 High School, 2 Lyceums (including one EPAL), banks, KEP, post office, Health Center, justice of the peace, police station and radio station. The inhabitants are engaged in trade, business but more in agriculture. In the town are the churches of Agios Georgios, Agios Raphael, Agios Nektarios, Agia Paraskevi and Agios Konstantinos. In Kapariana there is also a church of Agios Georgios and Agios Myronas.
Municipal Community of Moires
The Municipal Community of Miron has a total of 6,496 inhabitants and consists of the seat and settlements of Agios Antonios, Xerokambia and Sfariana.
Moires, Heraklion, 1903
Historical data
Moires are not mentioned in the Venetian censuses or in the Turkish one of 1834. The settlement was first mentioned in 1881 with 83 Christians and 62 Turkish inhabitants. Until the last decades, apart from Agios Antonios (Vreli) and Kapariana, the municipality belonged to the 52nd km of the road to Tympaki, at an altitude of 90m. It had 77 inhabitants in 1971. In Kapariana there is a Primary School and a kindergarten.
Censuses
Census 1900 1928 1940 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2001 2011
Population [3] 240 553 1,093 1,674 2,195 2,948 3,501 4,571 5,883 6,305
Sources
Heraklion and its Prefecture, published by the Prefecture of Heraklion.
References
"Website of the Diocese of Gortyn and Arcadia". Archived from the original on April 21, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2008.
Stergios Spanakis, Crete, volume A, p. 291
"Moires ." It was archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
| Municipal unit Moires |
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| Municipal Community Moires |
| Άγιος Αντώνιος, ο |
| Moires (Μοίραι, αι) |
| Ξεροκάμπια, τα |
| Σφαιριανά, τα |
| Community Alithini |
| Alithini (Αληθινή, η) |
| Community Antiskari |
| Antiskari (Αντισκάριον, το) |
| Κριγοί, οι |
| Μονή Απεζανών, η |
| Πλατιά Περάματα, τα |
| Τζίγκουνας, ο |
| Community Galia |
| Apolychnos (Απόλυχνος, ο) |
| Galia (Γαλιά, η) |
| Μονόχωρον, το |
| Community Kastelli |
| Καστέλλιον, το |
| Community Kouses |
| Kouses (Κουσές, ο) |
| Λίσταρος, ο |
| Community Peri |
| Peri (Πέριον, το) |
| Community Petrokefali |
| Petrokefali (Πετροκεφάλιον, το) |
| Community Pigaidakia |
| Agios Markos (Άγιος Μάρκος, ο) |
| Καβούσα, η |
| Καλοί Λιμένες, οι |
| Μακρονήσι, το (νησίς) |
| Μικρονήσι, το (νησίς) |
| Μονή Οδηγητρίας, η |
| Pigaidakia (Πηγαϊδάκια, τα) |
| Τράφος, η (νησίς) |
| Chrysostomos (Χρυσόστομος, ο) |
| Community Pompia |
| Pompia (Πόμπια, η) |
| Community Roufas |
| Πλουτή, η |
| Roufas (Ρουφάς, ο) |
| Community Skourvoula |
| Skourvoula (Σκούρβουλα, τα) |
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