Moires is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion peripheral unit, Crete

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, Greece

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Faistos

Faistos

Faistos is a municipality in Heraklion peripheral unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Moires. It is named after the ancient city Phaistos, located in the municipality.-Municipality:...

, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 10,857 (2001).
Its area is 182 km². The weekly market of the agricultural town of Moires is the largest in the region. In the early Middle Ages it was the home of Christian hermits, who allegedly met only once a year to worship at the chapel of Agios Andonis, built in the 14th or 15th century.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit of Moires is divided into the following communities (2001 population between brackets):

• Moires (5.883)
• Alithini (148)
• Antiskari (599)
• Galia
  Galia, Greece
  Gallia is a village in Greece located 58 km from Heraklion, and is administratively part of the municipal unit of Moires.It lies at an altitude of 250 m, surrounded by hills. It commands an imposing view south to the Messara Valley and to the Asterousia mountain range, west to the Libyan Sea...
  
   (909)
• Kastelli (299)
• Kouses (158]
• Peri (81)
• Petrokefali (733)
• Pigaidakia (497, including Kaloi Limenes)
• Pompia (955)
• Roufas (167)
• Skourvoula (428)