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Community in Greece

Sougia Σούγια
Community
Sougia main road and sea frontSougia main road and sea front
Sougia is located in GreeceSougiaSougia
Coordinates: 35°15′N 23°49′E / 35.250°N 23.817°E / 35.250; 23.817
Country Greece
Administrative region Crete
Regional unit Chania
Municipality Kantanos-Selino
Municipal unit East Selino
Population (2021)[1]
• Community 131
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Beach

Sougia (Greek: Σούγια) is a community and a small village in Chania regional unit on the island of Crete, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of East Selino (Anatoliko Selino). It is located on the south coast of the island, 70 km south of Chania. The community consists of the following villages (population in 2021):[1]

Sougia is reached from Chania by car in 2 hours or by ferry boats from Palaiochora, Agia Roumeli, Loutro and Hora Sfakion. Although it is not one of the larger towns of the province of Selino, Sougia is interesting to the tourist, providing a beach, walkways, mountains and interesting remains of an ancient city and old Byzantine churches. Sougia has some tourist services, such as small hotels, rooms to rent and a few taverns, cafes and bars. Sougia was the ancient city of Syia, a harbour of Elyros. In the village church, an important basilica of the Byzantine era, was found a beautiful mosaic, now exposed in Chania's Archeological Museum. In 1943, during German occupation, Germans razed the villages Livadas, Moni and Koustogerako, by way of reprisal for local partisan actions. Legends also suggest that the Cyclops in Odysseus' adventure lived in Sougia.

Municipality officer: Nikolas Koltsidis

  1. ^ a b "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.

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