Gazi, Crete


Gazi is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit of Crete in Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality Malevizi, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies west of Heraklion, on the north coast of Crete. With 12,606 inhabitants, it was the seat of the municipality of Gazi, which comprised several nearby villages with a total population of 19,221 and an area of.
Villages of Gazi municipal unit, by community:
Fodele is claimed as the birthplace of the painter El Greco, but this is disputed. His family were from the area and there is a Museum of El Greco in the village.
The ruins of a Genoese castle are at Palaiokastro.
Agia Pelagia is a seaside resort village.