Agios Vasilios (Viannos)

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Agios Vasilios (Greek Άγιος Βασίλειος) is a town in the municipality of Viannos, Heraklio prefecture, Crete, Greece.

The population of Agios Vasilios, according to the 2001 census, was 240 inhabitants.

Οn September 14, 1943, 31 of its inhabitants were executed by the German occupation forces in retaliation for the death of 84 of their soldiers in a battle with Greek guerrillas nearby.