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Agia Triada (official: Agia Trias) is a settlement of the Local Community of Mesi of the Municipality of Rethymno in the Regional Unit of Rethymno, Crete. According to the 2011 census it has 62 inhabitants. It is located 11 km east of Rethymnon, at an altitude of 200 meters.

Historical data
The village is mentioned by Francesco Barocci in 1577 as S (an) ta Trinità. In the Venetian census of 1583 by Kastrofylakas it is mentioned as S. Trinita with 145 inhabitants and Francesco Basilicata in 1630 as S. Trinita. It is not mentioned in the census of 1881. In the census of 1900 it belonged to the municipality of Pigi and had 24 inhabitants. In 1925, Agia Triada belonged to the community of Mesi, in the Province of Rethymno, and with the Kapodistrian administrative division belonged to the municipal district of Mesi of the Municipality of Arkadi.

Demography
The demographic course of the village in detail according to the censuses:

Sights
In the central square of the settlement is the renaissance two-aisled church of Holy Trinity and St. Nicolas. The village took its name from this church. (Agia Triada in Greek means Holy Trinity) Ecclesiastically it is served by the parish of Mesi which belongs to the Hierarchical district ΙΙΙ of the Holy Metropolis of Rethymno and Avlopotamos. The village is surrounded by olive trees and numerous olive mills are preserved. Among the surviving village buildings is the house of the large landowner Aga Albani.