Gazi, Crete

{{short description|Town 6 km (3.7 mi) west of Iraklion, Crete}}

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| periphunit = Heraklion

|municipality = Malevizi

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|population_as_of = 2021

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|pop_community = 16256

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Gazi ({{langx|el|Γάζι|Gazi}}) is a Western suburb of Heraklion and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit of Crete in Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality Malevizi, 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}} It lies {{convert|6|km|0|abbr=off}} west of Heraklion, on the north coast of Crete. With 16,256 inhabitants (2021 census), it was the seat of the municipality of Gazi (Δήμος Γαζίου), which comprised several nearby villages with a total population of 20,918 and an area of {{convert|95.81|km²|2|abbr=out}}.{{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=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archivedate=2015-09-21 }}

Villages of Gazi municipal unit, by community:

• Gazi (17.7 km²): Gazi, Agia Marina, Agios Dimitrios, Agios Panteleimon, Ammoudara, Council-Houses, Kavrochori, Kefalogiannis, Koluvas, 62 Martyres, Xiropotamos, Kalessa.
• Rodia (21.6 km²): Rodia, Kapetanaki Metochi, Linoperamata, Pantanassa, Palaiokastro, Savatiana Monastery.
• Fodele (24.4 km²): Fodele, Agios Panteleimon Monastery, Fodele beach.

File:Fodele byzant Naos.jpg

• Achlada (21.6 km²): Achlada, Agia Pelagia, Lygaria, Made.
• Kalesia (10.5 km²): Ano Kalesia and Kato Kalesia

Fodele is claimed as the birthplace of the painter El Greco, but this is disputed.{{cite news| url=http://www.boston.com/travel/articles/2005/03/06/the_root_of_the_matter__el_greco/ | title=A Cretan village that was the painter's birthplace bridles at a nearby town's claim | first=Joanna | last=Kakissis | date=March 6, 2005 | newspaper=The Boston Globe | accessdate=18 October 2012 }} His family were from the area and there is a Museum of El Greco in the village.

The ruins of a Genoese castle are at Palaiokastro ("Old Castle").

Agia Pelagia is a seaside resort village.