Land for sale in the area of golden spring Poros Iraklio Crete in a house
Heraklion is the largest city in Crete and is located in the middle of the north coast of the island. Heraklion has a population of 131,000 inhabitants (2001 census), but it is estimated that in the municipality of Heraklion together with the neighboring municipality of Bodrum (near the airport) there are about 200,000 people today.
Heraklion is the 4th largest city in Greece, and has the largest port in Crete, as well as the largest airport. Heraklion Airport is also known as Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport, having been named the most famous writer of Crete internationally.
In Heraklion there are 2 large hospitals (University Hospital and Venizelio Hospital). Also here there are the Schools of Science and Health Sciences of the University of Crete, (with 8,000 students), here is based the Foundation of Technology and Research