Sykologos

Sykologos Συκολόγος
Community
Sykologos
Coordinates: 35°1.2′N 25°30.7′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Heraklion
Municipality	Viannos
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	305
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Sykologos (Greek: Συκολόγος) is a village and a community in the southeastern part of the Heraklion regional unit, in Crete, Greece. The community includes the villages Ano Vigla and Tertsa.^[2] It is 81.5 km from Heraklion, 16 km from Ano Viannos, 28 km from Ierapetra and 7.5 km from the coastline of the Libyan Sea at Tertsa. Today it is a part of Municipality of Viannos. Olives and bananas are the main crops. The name Sykologos stems from an ancient word for "fig collector".

Population

The rock "Psarocharako" in Tertsa.

The Church of Afentis Christos.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1951	532	—
1961	523	−1.7%
1971	487	−6.9%
1981	474	−2.7%
1991	371	−21.7%
2001[3]	362	−2.4%
2011[2]	396	+9.4%
2021[1]	305	−23.0%

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. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-21.