Mournies

Mournies Μουρνιές
Community
Mournies
Coordinates: 35°29′06″N 24°00′47″E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Chania
Municipality	Chania
Municipal unit	Eleftherios Venizelos
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	7,425
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Locator map of Eleftherios Venizelos municipality (Δήμος Ελευθερίου Βενιζέλου) in Chania prefecture (Νομός Χανίων) on the island of Crete in Greece.

Mournies (Greek: Μουρνιές) is a village in Crete, in the regional unit of Chania. Between 1997 and 2010, it was the seat of the former municipality of Eleftherios Venizelos.^[2] Mournies is famous for being the place of birth of the statesman Eleftherios Venizelos.

References

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. EETAA local government changes