Loures, Heraklion

Loures
Λούρες
Loures
Coordinates: 35°03′N 25°04′E / 35.050°N 25.067°E / 35.050; 25.067Coordinates: 35°03′N 25°04′E / 35.050°N 25.067°E / 35.050; 25.067
Country Greece
Administrative region Crete
Regional unit Heraklion
Municipality Gortyna
Municipal unit Kofinas
Elevation 270 m (890 ft)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Rural 214
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Loures (Greek: Λούρες) is a village on the island of Crete in Greece, located in the municipality of Gortyn (until 2011 in the municipality of Kofinas) of Heraklion regional unit, at the northern edge of the Messara Plain. It is 53.8 kilometres (33.4 mi) by road south of Heraklion city.

The people of Loures are involved in the cultivation of olive trees and vineyards and the raising of livestock. The indigenous Messara horse is extensively bred there.[2][3][4]

History

The settlement appears in the Venetian censuses of the 16th century under the name Lures; 109 inhabitants are recorded in Pietro Castrofilaca's 1583 census.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. ↑ Hendricks, Bonnie. International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds. University of Oklahoma Press, 1996, p. 283. ISBN 0-8061-2753-8.
  3. ↑ Jasper Nissen: Enzyklopädie der Pferderassen. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags GmbH & Co, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-440-09723-4 (German)
  4. ↑ Messara description in the European Farm Animal Biodiversity Information System
  5. ↑ Pietro Castrofilaca, Κ 99, 1583
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