Koutouloufari is a small picturesque village located in the Pediada plain and has 586 residents and is ahousing and apartment estate in the municipal district of Hersonissos, in Iraklio prefecture. Before the changes in Greece with the Kapodistrias law, it used to be a municipal community but now is part of the greater Hersonissos Municipality.
Koutouloufari is located in the northern foothill of Pyrgia hill and is 28,9 kilometers away from Iraklion. Most residents occupation used to be vegetable cultivation (in greenhouses located in Anissaras) mainly tomatoes and up until previously carnations which were exported abroad. In 2006 the local kindergarten repealed.
| Κουτουλουφάρι | |
|---|---|
| Prefecture | Iraklion |
| Municipality | Hersonissos |
| Residents | 586 (2001 census) |
| Altitude | 90 m |
Historical facts
Koutouloufari is listed in two documents "The villages of Crete" of Fr. Barozzi in 1577 (fo 24v) named Catafari metochio and in the list of Basilicata as Cutrufari.
In Petros Kastrofilakas list there is an indication of the settlement Zambagniana ( 95 K ) by 62 residents of the surname Zampani (Zanpani), referred to in a document of 1271, the village which we see in a map of Coronelli. This settlement does not exist today but is believed to be the beginning of Koutouloufari village.
The main temple in the village is that of St. Basil. Near the sea, in the northeast of the village is the small church of St. Nicholas, built on the ruins of an early Christian basilica.
