Nea Alikarnassos

Nea Alikarnassos
Νέα Αλικαρνασσός
Municipal unit
Aerial photograph of Nea Alikarnassos
Aerial photograph of Nea Alikarnassos
Nea Alikarnassos is located in Greece
Nea Alikarnassos
Nea Alikarnassos
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 35°19′N 25°11′E / 35.317°N 25.183°E / 35.317; 25.183
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCrete
Regional unitHeraklion
MunicipalityHeraklion
Area
 • Municipal unit16.1 km2 (6.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipal unit
14,624
 • Municipal unit density910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
 • Community
13,090
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Nea Alikarnassos (Greek: Νέα Αλικαρνασσός, meaning New Halicarnassus) is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Heraklion, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 16.1 km2.[3] Population 14,624 (2021). It is located on the north coast of the island and is served by the Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport. In the settlement of Prassas, the Minoan ruins of two houses were found.

Nea Alikarnassos was founded in 1925 as a public housing development to accommodate the refugees, who were displaced following the Greco-Turkish War and subsequent population exchange, most being Greeks from today's Bodrum (Alikarnassos in Greek from the ancient Greek town Halicarnassus).

Heraklion's Hellenic Police headquarters are located within the area. Alongside sits a camp which houses (estimatedly) 500 Romani residents living under poverty conditions, having limited water supply and sewage management.[4]

  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 B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. ^ Crete Gazette