Kares

Kares (Greek: οι Καρές) (Askyfou Local Community), belongs to SFAKION Municipality, CHANION Regional Unity located in Crete region, according to the administrative division of Greece as altered by “Kallikratis” project.

Its official name is “ai Kares”. The seat of the municipality is Chora Sfakion and belongs to the geographical region of Crete.

During the former administrative division of Greece (“Kapodistrias” project) and until 2010, Kares belonged to Askyfou Local District, the former municipality of SFAKION the prefecture of CHANION.

Kares has an altitude of 723 meters from the sea level, at latitude 35.2942963259 and 24.1847728459 longitude. Click here to find directions on how to get to Kares.

General info for Καρές

Μεγάλη Γεωγρ. Ενότητα: 
Islands
Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση: 
Crete
Περιφέρεια: 
Crete
Περιφερειακή Ενότητα: 
CHANION
Δήμος: 
SFAKION
Τοπ. ή Δημ. Κοινότητα: 
Local Community Askyfou
Επίσημη Ονομασία: 
ai Kares
Έδρα Δήμου: 
Chora Sfakion
Υψόμετρο: 
723
Κωδικός Οικισμού: 
7407000503
Γεωγραφικό Μήκος: 
24.1847728459
Γεωγραφικό Πλάτος : 
35.2942963259
Γεωγ. Διαμέρισμα: 
Crete
Νομός: 
CHANION
Πρώην Δήμος ή Κοινότητα: 
municipality of SFAKION
Παλ. Όνομα Τοπ. Διαμερίσματος: 
Askyfou