Kissamos

Kissamos Κίσσαμος
Municipality
Kissamos
Kissamos Location within the region
Coordinates: 35°29′N 23°39′E / 35.483°N 23.650°E / 35.483; 23.650
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Chania
Government
• Mayor	Georgios Mylonakis[1] (since 2019)
Area
• Municipality	341.0 km2 (131.7 sq mi)
• Municipal unit	149.0 km2 (57.5 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Municipality	10,632
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
• Municipal unit	7,608
• Municipal unit density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
• Community	4,321
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	734 00
Area code(s)	28220
Vehicle registration	ΧΝ, XB
Website	[1]

Kissamos (Greek: Κίσσαμος) is a town and a municipality in the west of the island of Crete, Greece. It is part of the Chania regional unit and of the former Kissamos Province which covers the northwest corner of the island. The town of Kissamos is also known as Kastelli Kissamou and often known simply as Kastelli after the Venetian castle that was there. It is now a port and fishing harbour, with a regular ferry from the Peloponnese via Kythira. A town museum is located in the old Venetian governor's palace and there have been important archaeological finds in the town, including fine mosaics, dating from the Roman city of Kisamos (Κίσαμος, Latinized as Cisamus). The head town of the municipality (Δήμος Κισσάμου) is Kastelli-Kissamos itself.