Nea Alikarnassos

Nea Alikarnassos (Greek: Νέα Αλικαρνασσός, meaning New Halicarnassus) is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Heraklion, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 12,542 (2001). It is located on the north coast of the island and is served by the Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport. In the settlement of Prassas, the Minoan ruins of two houses were found. Nea Alikarnassos was founded in 1925 as a public housing development to accommodate the refugees, who were displaced following the Asia Minor Disaster. The elections reveal a domination of the left wing. In the general elections of 2007 the distribution percentage of...