Gazi is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit of Crete in Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Malevizi, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies 6 kilometres 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 95.81 square kilometres .Villages of Gazi municipal unit, by community: Gazi : Gazi, Agia Marina, Agios Dimitrios, Agios Panteleimon, Ammoudara, Council-Houses, Kavrochori, Kefalogiannis, Koluvas, 62 Martyres, Xiropotamos, Kalessa. Rodia : Rodia, Kapetanaki Metochi, Linoperamata, Pantanassa, Palaiokastro, Savatiana Monastery. Fodele : Fodele, Agios Panteleimon Monastery, Fodele beach. Achlada : Achlada, Agia Pelagia, Lygaria, Made. Kalesia : Ano Kalesia and Kato KalesiaFodele 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.
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