Rethymno (regional unit)

Rethymno Περιφερειακή ενότητα Ρεθύμνου
Regional unit
Municipalities of Rethymno
Rethymno Rethymno within Greece
Coordinates: 35°15′N 24°35′E / 35.250°N 24.583°E / 35.250; 24.583
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Seat	Rethymno
Area
• Total	1,496 km2 (578 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	84,866
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	74x xx
Area code(s)	283x0
Vehicle registration	ΡΕ
Website	www.rethymnon.gr

Rethymno (Greek: Περιφερειακή ενότητα Ρεθύμνου) is one of the four regional units of Crete, Greece. Its capital is the city of Rethymno. Today its main income is tourism. The countryside is also based economically on agriculture and herding.

The regional unit Rethymno is subdivided into five municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):^[2]

• Agios Vasileios (2)
• Amari (3)
• Anogeia (4)
• Mylopotamos (5)
• Rethymno (1)

The Rethymno prefecture (Greek: Νομός Ρεθύμνου or Ρεθύμνης) was created while Crete was still an autonomous state, and was preserved after the island joined Greece in 1913. As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the Rethymno regional unit was created out of the former prefecture. The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below.^[2]

• Rethymno Province - Rethymno
• Agios Vasileios Province - Spili
• Amari Province - Amari
• Mylopotamos Province - Perama

Note: Provinces no longer hold any legal status in Greece.

The main towns of the regional unit Rethymno are (ranked by 2021 census population):

• Rethymno 34,085
• Violi Charaki 3,185
• Anogeia 2,201

• Kostas Moundakis
• Nikos Xilouris
• Thanassis Skordalos
• Nick the Greek

• List of settlements in the Rethymno regional unit