Kalyvia (Greek: Καλύβια, "huts") is a village in the Heraklion regional unit on southern Crete in Greece.[2][3] The local area was important in the Minoan era, as manifested by the extensive ruins of nearby Phaistos, a major palatial settlement of the Bronze Age.[4]

Kalyvia
Καλύβια
Kalyvia is located in Greece
Kalyvia
Kalyvia
Coordinates: 35°03′29″N 25°13′41″E / 35.058°N 25.228°E / 35.058; 25.228
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCrete
Regional unitHeraklion
MunicipalityArchanes-Asterousia
Municipal unitAsterousia
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community250
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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  1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ Robert Pashley, Travels in Crete, 1837, John Murray Publishers, Original from Oxford University, England
  3. ^ Crete Map, Eastern Crete Development Organization (2004) Fotis Serfas
  4. ^ C. Michael Hogan, Phaistos Fieldnotes, Modern Antiquarian (2007)