Nikos Kazantzakis is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Archanes-Asterousia, of which it is a municipal unit. It was named after the writer Nikos Kazantzakis. The municipal unit has an area of 102.201 km2 (39.460 sq mi). Population 6,065 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Peza.