Itanos
Itanos (Greek: Ίτανος) is a municipal unit (demotike enoteta) of the municipality (demos) Siteia in the Lasithi regional unit, eastern Crete, Greece. A former municipality itself, it was included in Siteia as part of the 2011 local government reform. The municipal unit has an area of 197.406 km2 (76.219 sq mi). The population was 2,014 in 2021.
Itanos
Ίτανος | |
|---|---|
Municipal unit | |
Toplou Monastery, majority owner of the land in Itanos | |
Itanos Location within the regional unit | |
| Coordinates: 35°12′N 26°15′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Crete |
| Regional unit | Lasithi |
| Municipality | Siteia |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 197.4 km2 (76.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Municipal unit | 2,014 |
| • Municipal unit density | 10/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | AN |
The seat of the municipality was in Palaikastro, but now all municipal units are administered from the municipal seat, Siteia. Until 2017 Itanos comprised four local communities (topika koinoteta): Palaikastro, Karydi, Zakros, and Mitato (Μητάτο). Subsequently by Presidential Decree No. 70/207, on recommendation of the Minister of the Interior, and approval by Sitia and Palaikastro, Mitato was abolished, due to its seriously declining population (being a few mountain communities) and its settlements were turned over to Palaikastro.