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Amari Αμάρι
Municipality
AmariLocation within the region
Coordinates: 35°14′N 24°39′E / 35.233°N 24.650°E / 35.233; 24.650
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Rethymno
Area
• Municipality	277.3 km (107.1 sq mi)
Population
• Municipality	5,572
• Density	20/km (52/sq mi)
• Community	189
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Amari (Greek: Αμάρι) is a village and a municipality in Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Agia Foteini. The municipal unit has an area of 277.285 km (107.060 sq mi). One of the major geographic features of Amari is the Amari Valley, a landform of high elevation known for olive cultivation. It is thought that Monastiraki was developed by Phaistos inhabitants founding a satellite center as they pushed out into the Amari Valley.

Municipality

The municipality Amari was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

• Kourites
• Sivritos

Province

The province of Amari (Greek: Επαρχία Αμαρίου) was one of the provinces of the Rethymno Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality. It was abolished in 2006.

References

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. ^ "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
4. Crete: Amari Valley
5. C.Michael Hogan, Phaistos Fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian (2007)
6. "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. (39 MB) (in Greek and French)

v t e Administrative division of the Crete Region
Area 8,336 km (3,219 sq mi) Population 623,065 (as of 2011) Municipalities 24 (since 2011) Capital Heraklion
Regional unit of Chania	Apokoronas Chania Gavdos Kantanos-Selino Kissamos Platanias Sfakia
Regional unit of Heraklion	Archanes-Asterousia Faistos Gortyna Heraklion Hersonissos Malevizi Minoa Pediada Viannos
Regional unit of Lasithi	Agios Nikolaos Ierapetra Oropedio Lasithiou Siteia
Regional unit of Rethymno	Agios Vasileios Amari Anogeia Mylopotamos Rethymno
Regional governor Stavros Arnaoutakis (reelected 2014) Decentralized Administration Crete

• Municipalities of Crete
• Populated places in Rethymno (regional unit)
• Amari (municipality)
• Provinces of Greece