Crete gained autonomy under Prince George of Greece, and in 1908, Cretan deputies declared union with Greece. After the Balkan Wars, this union was internationally recognized in 1913. Eleftherios Venizelos, a prominent Cretan politician, played a crucial role in the island’s unification with Greece and became a leading figure in modern Greek politics.
Cretan villages population over the years
Important note: the villages and their population are still updated, so not all the villages of Crete are in the map and of course not all the years of the existing villages are updated yet.
Also, the major cities of Crete (Heraklion, Chania, Rethymno, Agios Nikolaos, Ierapetra, and Siteia) are excluded from the visualization. This is done for normalization purposes and to better showcase the population of smaller settlements in the interior of the island.
