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Administrative Region : Crete
Regional unit : Heraklion

Loures (Λούραι) Heraklion

Loures is a village and homonymous municipal district in the Municipality of Kofinas in the Prefecture of Heraklion. It is located on the northern outskirts of the plain of Messara. It is 53.8 km away from Heraklion.

The inhabitants are engaged in the cultivation of olives and raisins, as well as in animal husbandry. In the Lores, the native Masarite horse is extensively bred [1] [2] [3]. In the village are the churches of the Holy Cross (patron saint) and Agia Irini.

History

The settlement is mentioned in the Venetian censuses of the 16th century under the name Lures and 109 inhabitants (census of Kastrofylakas [4] 1583).

References

Jasper Nissen: Enzyklopädie der Pferderassen. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags GmbH & Co, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-440-09723-4 (in German)
Hendricks, Bonnie. International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds. University of Oklahoma Press, 1996, p. 283. ISBN 0-8061-2753-8
"Messara description in the European Farm Animal Biodiversity Information System". Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
Kastrofylakas, K 99, 1583

Municipal unit Kofinas
Community Ano Akria
Ano Akria (Άνω Άκρια, τα)
Atsipades (Ατσιπάδες, οι)
Kastelli (Καστέλλιον, το)
Kato Akria (Κάτω Άκρια, τα)
Moria (Μοριά, η)
Community Asimi
Asimi (Ασήμιον, το)
Community Dionysi
Dionysi (Διονύσιον, το)
Παναγία, η
Community Loures
Loures (Λούραι, αι)
Community Sokaras
Αποΐνιον, το
Velouli (Βελούλιον, το)
Μετόχια Σοκαρά, τα
Sokaras (Σοκαράς, ο)
Community Stavies
Άγιος Ιωάννης, ο
Ακάμωτος, η
Kapetaniana (Καπετανιανά, τα)
Stavies (Στάβιαι, αι)
Fournofarago (Φουρνοφάραγγον, το)
Community Sternes
Άγιος Νικόλαος, ο
Μονή Κουδουμά, η
Sternes (Στέρναι, αι)
Community Stoloi
Inia (Ίνια, τα)
Stoloi (Στόλοι, οι)

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