Gerani, Rethymno
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|name_local = Γεράνι
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|municunit =Nikiforos Fokas
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|area_community = 11.399
|population_as_of = 2021
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Gerani is a local community of the Rethymno Municipality in the Rethymno (regional unit) of the region of Crete established by Kallikratis reform. Previously, it was part of municipality of Nikiforos Fokas. Capital of the new municipality is Rethymno.
Geography, origin of name, history
Gerani is located 7.5 km west of Rethymno and in a short distance from the new national road Rethymnon-Chania, at an altitude of 90 meters.Papyrus Larousse Britannica, Athens, 1996, Volume 16 Gerani (in Greek) refers to a pump used in the old days to draw water from a well. Such a well existed in the village.Left. Kryovrysanakis, Rethymniotikos Digest, Typospoudi versions, Rethymnon 1993, page 111 The village was occupied by the Ottomans.{{Cite web
|url=http://digitalcrete.ims.forth.gr/tourkology_habitation_display.php?l=1&id=740
|title=Ottoman Settlements
|publisher=Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Digital Crete
|accessdate=11 April 2012
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190859/http://digitalcrete.ims.forth.gr/tourkology_habitation_display.php?l=1&id=740
|archivedate=3 March 2016
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! Name !! 1913 !! 1920 !! 1928 !! 1940 !! 1951 !! 1961 !!1971 !!1981 !!1991 !!2001 !!2011 !!2021 |
| Gerani
| style="text-align:right" | 314 | style="text-align:right" | 277 | style="text-align:right" | 345 | style="text-align:right" | 401 | style="text-align:right" | 389 | style="text-align:right" | 375 | style="text-align:right" | 367 | style="text-align:right" | 370 | style="text-align:right" | 439 | style="text-align:right" | 613 | style="text-align:right" | 821 | style="text-align:right" | 870 |
| Petres
| style="text-align:right" | | style="text-align:right" | | style="text-align:right" | | style="text-align:right" | | style="text-align:right" | | style="text-align:right" | | style="text-align:right" | | style="text-align:right" | | style="text-align:right" | 63 | style="text-align:right" | 84 | style="text-align:right" | 62 | style="text-align:right" | 62 |
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| Total | style="text-align:right" | 314 | style="text-align:right" | 277 | style="text-align:right" | 345 | style="text-align:right" | 401 | style="text-align:right" | 389 | style="text-align:right" | 375 | style="text-align:right" | 367 | style="text-align:right" | 370 | style="text-align:right" | 502 | style="text-align:right" | 697 | style="text-align:right" | 883 | style="text-align:right" | 932 |
Sights
The Gerani Cave was discovered in 1968 during the construction of the new national road Rethymno-Chania.Papyrus Larousse Britannica, Athens, 1996, Volume 16 The 6 halls of this cave display magnificent stalagmites. Archaeological research within the cave has brought to light a variety of findings dating back to the Neolithic period.{{Cite web| url= http://www.rethymnon.gr/index.php?id=75,119,0,0,1,0| title=History| publisher=Tourism Promotion Committee of Rethymno Prefecture|accessdate=21 April 2012}} Some of this findings are exhibited in the Archeological Museum of Rethymno {{Cite web| url= http://www.rethymnon.gr/index.php?id=80,141,0,0,1,0| title=Archeological Museum of Rethymno| publisher=Tourism Promotion Committee of Rethymno Prefecture|accessdate=21 April 2012}}
Furthermore, important material of palaeontological interest was found, dating back to the end of the Pleistocene period.{{Cite web| url= http://www.rethymnon.gr/index.php?id=91,166,0,0,1,0| title=Caves, Gerani| publisher=Tourism Promotion Committee of Rethymno Prefecture|accessdate=21 April 2012}}
Daily life, Festivities
"Parade of the Camel" takes place in the village (Ash Monday) {{Cite web| url=http://www.rethymnon.gr/index.php?id=292,1931,0,0,1,0| title=Carnival Festivities, Gerani| publisher=Tourism Promotion Committee of Rethymno Prefecture| accessdate=21 April 2012| archive-date=16 October 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016082345/http://www.rethymnon.gr/index.php?id=292,1931,0,0,1,0| url-status=dead}}
Miscellaneous
There is public bus service (KTEL) from Rethymno ( three services, morning and noon on weekdays and not weekends) {{Cite web |url=http://bus-service-crete-ktel.com/timetabledet.php?line=11&lg=3 |title=Bus timetables, Gerani (in german) |access-date=2012-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321052705/http://bus-service-crete-ktel.com/timetabledet.php?line=11&lg=3 |archive-date=2013-03-21 |url-status=dead }}
Since 28 March 2005 the area of Gerani is included in the Cadastre system and is under the authority of the Cadastral Office of Rethymno (20 Hortatzis Str., ZIP: 74100, Rethymno, Phone n.: 0030-28310-22403){{Cite web| url=http://www.ktimatologio.gr/ktima/EN/index.php?ID=Xl4EM63A7sVrUHIO_EN&Rec_ID=333| title=Greek Cadastre Areas| publisher=Ktimatologio S.A.| accessdate=April 9, 2012| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329182314/http://www.ktimatologio.gr/ktima/en/index.php?ID=Xl4EM63A7sVrUHIO_EN&Rec_ID=333| archivedate=2012-03-29}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.rethymno.gr/en/city/photo-gallery/photo-gallery.html Photo Gallery, Web site of municipality of Rethymnno] retrieved at 9 April 2012
- [http://www.rethymnon.gr/index.php?id=289,1057,0,0,1,0 Cycling routes, Web site of Tourism Promotion Committee of Rethymno Prefecture] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016233925/http://www.rethymnon.gr/index.php?id=289,1057,0,0,1,0 |date=2014-10-16 }}, retrieved at 9 April 2012
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