Vryses

{{Short description|Village in Crete, Greece}}

{{Infobox Greece place

|name = Vryses

|name_local = Βρύσες

|type = community

|image_skyline = Vryses rivers.JPG

|caption_skyline = A view of the river that crosses the village

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|periph = Crete

|periphunit = Chania

|municipality = Apokoronas

|municunit = Kryonerida

|population_as_of = 2021

|population = 854

|area =

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Vryses ({{Langx|el|Βρύσες}}) is a village in Crete, Greece, and the seat of the municipality of Apokoronas. It has a population of 854 inhabitants according to the 2021 census. It is now a popular tourist destination that has maintained its Cretan character.

On New Year's Day 2010 the World Meteorological Organization station of the National Observatory of Athens recorded a maximum temperature of 30.4 °C in Vryses, which is the highest January temperature ever recorded in Greece.{{Cite web|url=https://www.meteo.gr/article_view.cfm?entryID=1591|title = Meteo.gr: Τα δύο ακραία πρόσωπα του καιρού στην Ευρώπη το Σ/Κ 9-10 Ιανουαρίου 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ertnews.gr/%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BE%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B1/kalokairines-oi-thermokrasies-stin-kriti-to-savvatokyriako/|title = Καλοκαιρινές οι θερμοκρασίες στην Κρήτη το Σαββατοκύριακο|date = 11 January 2021}}{{cite web | url=http://meteosearch.meteo.gr/data/vrysses/2010-01.txt | title=30.4C January record Vrysses NOA | publisher=National Observatory of Athens | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128091036/http://meteosearch.meteo.gr/data/vrysses/2010-01.txt | accessdate=14 February 2024| archive-date=2018-01-28 }} Furthermore, Vryses recorded 32.1 °C in February 2010 making it the highest temperature ever recorded in Greece during February. {{cite web | url=http://penteli.meteo.gr/stations/vrysses/NOAAYR.TXT | title=32.1C February record Vryses NOA | publisher=National Observatory of Athens | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223061409/http://penteli.meteo.gr/stations/vrysses/NOAAYR.TXT | accessdate=14 February 2024| archive-date=2010-02-23 }} {{cite web | url=https://stratus.meteo.noa.gr/data/bulletins/deltio_noa022010.pdf | title=NOA February 2010 climate bulletins | publisher=National Observatory of Athens | accessdate=14 February 2024}}