Thymena

Thymena
	Thymena seen from Fourni
Waters	Mediterranean Sea
Archipelago	Southern Sporades
Geographical location	37 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ N , 26 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E Coordinates: 37 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ N , 26 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E
length	5.5 km
width	4.6 km
surface	10.071 km²
Highest elevation	Papas ; 470 m
Residents	136 (2011) ; 14 inhabitants / km²
main place	Thymena
	Location of Thymena

Thymena ( Greek Θύμαινα [ ˈθimɛna ] ( f. Sg. )) Is a Greek island in the municipality of Fourni-Korseon and the westernmost of the Fourni archipelago. According to the 2011 census, the island had 136 inhabitants.

The island is located about 2 km west of the main island Fourni, in between is the uninhabited island of Kisiria (Κισηριά). With 10,071 km² Thymena is the second largest island in the municipality and archipelago. The islet of Thymenaki (Θυμαινάκι) and the Katergakia rocks (Κατεργάκια) are off the north coast , the uninhabited island of Alatsonisi is about 4 km south. The maximum length of Thymena is 5.5 km from west to east. The island width varies in north-south direction due to the strongly indented coast between 4.5 km in the east of the island and about 800 m in the center of the island. The mountain Papas (Παπάς) with 470 m the highest point on the island, is about 1.5 km west of the place also called Thymena. Until 1940 the island was officially called Fymena (Φύμαινα).

Population development of Thymena
year	1920	1928	1940	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Residents	145	157	146	118	145	139	121	147	140	136

There are daily ferry connections between the main island of Fourni and Thymena. Thymena is banned from hunting.

Phrygana stocks with Genista acanthoclada , Centaurea spinosa and Sarcopoterium spinosum as well as low maquis with Pistacia lentiscus and Junipeus phoenicea determine the landscape on Thymena.

Were on Thymaina be detected five of seven recorded for Fourni Islands reptile species, besides the two gecko species European fingerless ( Hemidactylus turcicus turcicus ) and cyrtopodion kotschyi ( Mediodactylus kotschyi ) and the Hardun ( Laudakia stellio ), the snake eye lizard Ophisops elegans and Balkan jumping snake ( Coluber caspius ). The Short-toed Eagle ( Circaetus gallicus ) has one of its breeding grounds here.

Web links

General information about Thymena (Greek)

Individual evidence

↑ Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
↑ Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή [ΕΛΣΤΑΤ] (Ed.): Στατιστική Επετηρίδα της Ελλάδος (Statistical Yearbook of Greece) 2009 & 2010 . Piraeus 2011, p. 47 .
^ Map 209, Ikaria / Fourni, 1: 50,000 . Road Editions, ISBN 960-8189-48-9 . ; Map NA 6, Samos - Ikaria, 1: 70,000 . Z-Editions, ISBN 960-6693-12-0 .
↑ Population of Thymena 1920–2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, Digital Library (Greek)
↑ Maria Dimaki, Anastasios Legakis: The reptile fauna of the Fourni Archipelago (Eastern Aegean, Greece) . In: Herpetozoa . tape 12 , no. (3/4) . Vienna 1999, p. 129-133 .

[VZ2011-1] Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)

[2] Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή [ΕΛΣΤΑΤ] (Ed.): Στατιστική Επετηρίδα της Ελλάδος (Statistical Yearbook of Greece) 2009 & 2010 . Piraeus 2011, p. 47 .

[3] Map 209, Ikaria / Fourni, 1: 50,000 . Road Editions, ISBN 960-8189-48-9 . ; Map NA 6, Samos - Ikaria, 1: 70,000 . Z-Editions, ISBN 960-6693-12-0 .

[4] Population of Thymena 1920–2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, Digital Library (Greek)

[5] Maria Dimaki, Anastasios Legakis: The reptile fauna of the Fourni Archipelago (Eastern Aegean, Greece) . In: Herpetozoa . tape 12 , no. (3/4) . Vienna 1999, p. 129-133 .