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Administrative Region : Crete
Regional unit : Chania

Kandanos or Kantanos (Greek: Κάνδανος or Κάντανος) is a town and former municipality in the Chania peripheral unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kantanos-Selino, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] It was part of the former Selino Province which covered the southwest of the island. The town has 564 residents.

History
Main article: Razing of Kandanos

Destruction of Kandanos,

The town of Kandanos and its surrounding area suffered particularly badly from German occupation during World War II. During the Battle of Crete, resistance fighters had held advancing German soldiers for two days, preventing them from reaching Paleochora to secure it. In retribution the occupiers razed the village to the ground and erected a sign: "Here stood Kandanos, destroyed in retribution for the murder of 25 German soldiers, never to be rebuilt again."

The town was rebuilt however, and the sign retained in a war memorial. Several of the Byzantine churches and their frescoes were restored. Germany donated a waterworks after the war to the village and former soldiers stationed there returned in reconciliation.

There is a health center, a police station, a bank branch, a post-office and some stores, taverns and cafes in the village. The municipality also includes 28 villages, like Anisaraki, Koufalotos, Plemeniana, Kadhros, Kakodiki and Floria.

Division of the municipality

Kandanos / Δ.δ. Κανδάνου (Καντάνου) [ 967 ]
- Kandanos / ο Κάνδανος (τ.Κάντανος) [ 564 ]
- Agioi Apostoloi / οι Άγιοι Απόστολοι [ 45 ]
- Anisaraki / το Ανισαράκιον [ 97 ]
- Vamvakades / οι Βαμβακάδες [ 3 ]
- Kavallariana / τα Καβαλλαριανά [ 22 ]
- Lofos / ο Λόφος [ 47 ]
- Pano Floria / τα Πάνω Φλώρια [ 30 ]
- Pano Floria / η Σπίνα [ 25 ]
- Trachiniakos / ο Τραχινιάκος [ 65 ]
- Floria / τα Φλώρια [ 34 ]
- Chrysopigi / η Χρυσοπηγή [ 35 ]
Kakodikion / Δ.δ. Κακοδικίου [ 308 ]
- Kakodiki / το Κακοδίκιον [ 38 ]
- Armion / το Αρμίον [ 24 ]
- Kadros / το Κάδρος [ 47 ]
- Kallithea / η Καλλιθέα [ 51 ]
- Maroudiana / τα Παλληκαριανά [ 18 ]
- Meniana / τα Μενιανά [ 22 ]
- Pallikariana / τα Παλληκαριανά [ 41 ]
- Pappadiana / τα Παππαδιανά [ 29 ]
- Sfakos / ο Σφακός [ 38 ]
Plemeniana / Δ.δ. Πλεμενιανών [ 332 ]
- Plemeniana / τα Πλεμενιανά [ 117 ]
- Grigoriana / τα Γρηγοριανά [ 16 ]
- Despotiko / το Δεσποτικό [ 32 ]
- Drys / ο Δρυς [ 69 ]
- Kopetoi / οι Κοπετοί [ 49 ]
- Motziana / τα Μοτζιανά [ 8 ]
- Sellia / τα Σέλλια [ 21 ]
- Psariana / τα Ψαριανά [ 20 ]

See also

List of communities of Chania

References

^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)

Divisions of the Chania prefecture

Provinces of the Chania prefecture

Apokoronas | Kissamos | Kydonia | Selino | Sfakia

Municipalities of the Chania prefecture

Non-municipal communities of the Chania prefecture

Asi Gonia | Gavdos

Community Kandanos
Agioi Apostoloi (Άγιοι Απόστολοι , οι)
Anisaraki (Ανισαράκι, το)
Vamvakades (Βαμβακάδες, οι)
Kavallariana (Καβαλλαριανά, τα)
Kandanos (Κάνδανος, ο)
Lofos (Λόφος, ο)
Pano Floria (Πάνω Φλώρια, τα)
Spina (Σπίνα, η)
Trachiniakos (Τραχινιάκος, ο)
Floria (Φλώρια, τα)
Chrysopigi (Χρυσοπηγή, η)

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