Kandanos

Kandanos Κάνδανος
Kandanos centre
Kandanos
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 35°20′N 23°44′E / 35.333°N 23.733°E / 35.333; 23.733Coordinates: 35°20′N 23°44′E / 35.333°N 23.733°E / 35.333; 23.733
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Chania
Municipality	Kantanos-Selino
• Municipal unit	73.1 km2 (28.2 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Municipal unit	1,118
• Municipal unit density	15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Community
• Population	654 (2011)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	730 04
Area code(s)	28230
Vehicle registration	ΧΝ, XB

Kandanos or Kantanos (Greek: Κάνδανος or Κάντανος) is a town and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kantanos-Selino, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 73.081 km² (28.217 sq mi). It was part of the former Selino Province which covered the southwest of the island. The town has 421 residents.

The town of Kandanos and its surrounding area suffered particularly badly from German occupation during World War II. During the Battle of Crete, resistance fighters had held advancing German soldiers for two days, preventing them from reaching Paleochora to secure it. In retribution the occupiers razed the village to the ground and erected a sign: "Here stood Kandanos, destroyed in retribution for the murder of 25 German soldiers, never to be rebuilt again."

The town was rebuilt however, and the sign retained in a war memorial. Several of the Byzantine churches and their frescoes were restored. Germany donated a waterworks after the war to the village and former soldiers stationed there returned in reconciliation.

There is a health center, a police station, a bank branch, a post-office and some stores, taverns and cafes in the village. The municipality also includes 28 villages, like Anisaraki, Koufalotos, Plemeniana, Kadhros, Kakodiki and Floria.

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