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Prefecture: Lassithi



Places near Metamorphosi Sotiros Afentis Christos Agrilia

Mr. Nikolaos Panayiotakis, who methodically studied the place-names of Crete claims that the name “Loumas” is Byzantine and he associates it with the verb ‘reo” to flow, the noun “nero” or water and the verb “loume” to bathe.On the sweeping plain of Louma are the settlements of Pano and Kato Seles, which place names relate to the morphology of the terrain and mean the nape of the hillside.The view towards the Cretan Gulf is magnificent from whichever side you look.

On the northwestern edge of the municipality is located the district of Skinias which, according to the 1991 census is composed of the settlements of Saint George, Baltos or Bartos, and Hontobolakus.