Arkadi

{{Infobox Greek Dimos

|name = Arkadi

|name_local = Αρκάδι

|type = municipal unit

|image_map = DE Arkadiou.svg

|map_caption = Location within the regional unit

| periph = Crete

| periphunit = Rethymno

|municipality = Rethymno

|pop_municunit = 7154

|population_as_of = 2021

|area_municunit = 123.0

|elevation =

|coordinates = {{coord|35|18.632|N|24|37.711|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code =

|area_code =

|licence = ΡΕ

|website =

|image_skyline = Arkadi monastery.JPG

|caption_skyline = View of the Monastery of Arkadi.

}}

Arkadi ({{langx|el|Αρκάδι}}) is a former municipality in the Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rethymno, of which it is a municipal unit.{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}} The municipal unit has an area of {{convert|123.027|km2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archivedate=2015-09-21 }} Population 7,154 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Adele. Arkadi is renowned for its famous monastery. It is the site of the Holocaust of Arkadi.

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