Itanos
Itanos (Greek: Ίτανος) is a municipal unit (demotike enoteta) of the municipality (demos) Siteia in the Lasithi regional unit, eastern Crete, Greece. A former municipality itself, it was included in Siteia as part of the 2011 local government reform. The municipal unit has an area of 197.406 km2 (76.219 sq mi).
Itanos
Ίτανος | |
|---|---|
Municipal unit | |
Toplou Monastery, majority owner of the land in Itanos | |
| Etymology: Unknown, prehistoric | |
Areas of Itanos (red), Siteia (red and pink), and Lasithi (red, pink, and grey) | |
| Coordinates (General location of the area): 35°12′N 26°15′E | |
| Country | Hellenic Republic |
| Region | Crete |
| Regional unit | Lasithi |
| Municipality | Siteia |
| ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΗ ΕΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΙΤΑΝΟΥ ("Municipal Unit of Itanos") | 2011 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 197.4 km2 (76.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,164 |
The population was 2,164 in 2011, the time of the reorganization. The seat of the municipality was in Palaikastro, but now all municipal units are administered from the municipal seat, Siteia. Until 2017 Itanos comprised four local communities (topika koinoteta): Palaikastro, Karydi, Zakros, and Mitato (Μητάτο). Subsequently by Presidential Decree No. 70/207, on recommendation of the Minister of the Interior, and approval by Sitia and Palaikastro, Mitato was abolished, due to its seriously declining population (being a few mountain communities) and its settlements were turned over to Palaikastro.