Loures, Heraklion

Community in Greece

Loures Λούρες
Community
35°03′N 25°04′E / 35.050°N 25.067°E / 35.050; 25.067
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Heraklion
Municipality	Gortyna
Municipal unit	Kofinas
Elevation	270 m (890 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Community	208
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Loures (Greek: Λούρες) is a village on the island of Crete in Greece, located in the municipality of Gortyn (until 2011 in the municipality of Kofinas) of Heraklion regional unit, at the northern edge of the Messara Plain. It is 53.8 kilometres (33.4 mi) by road south of Heraklion city.

The people of Loures are involved in the cultivation of olive trees and vineyards and the raising of livestock. The indigenous Messara horse is extensively bred there.^[2]^[3]^[4]

History

The settlement appears in the Venetian censuses of the 16th century under the name Lures; 109 inhabitants are recorded in Pietro Castrofilaca's 1583 census.^[5]

References

^ "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.
^ Hendricks, Bonnie. International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds. University of Oklahoma Press, 1996, p. 283. ISBN 0-8061-2753-8.
^ Jasper Nissen: Enzyklopädie der Pferderassen. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags GmbH & Co, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-440-09723-4 (German)
^ Messara description in the European Farm Animal Biodiversity Information System
^ Pietro Castrofilaca, Κ 99, 1583