Thymaina

{{Short description|Greek island}} {{Infobox islands |name = Thymaina |native_name = Θύμαινα |native_name_lang = el |image_name = Insel Thymena (Fourni).jpg |image_caption = The island as seen from Fourni Korseon |coordinates = {{coord|37.58|26.44|region:GR_type:isle|display=it}} | map = Greece | map_caption = |location = |archipelago = North Aegean |total_islands = |area_km2 = 10 |highest_mount = |elevation_m = 26 |country = Greece |country_admin_divisions_title = Region |country_admin_divisions = North Aegean |country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Regional unit |country_admin_divisions_1 = Ikaria |country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Municipality |country_admin_divisions_2 = |country_capital = Thymaina |population = 191 |population_as_of = 2021 |density_km2 = 14 |postal_code = 833 xx |area_code = 22750 |registration_plate = MO |website = }}

'''Thymaina''' ({{langx|el|Θύμαινα}}) is a small Greek island in the Ikaria regional unit, in the eastern Aegean Sea. Thymaina is located just west of Fournoi Korseon and is administratively a part of its municipality. Its name is said to be derived from the thyme that grows throughout the island.<ref name="egeonet">{{cite web|title=Θύμαινα|url=http://www2.egeonet.gr/FORMS/fLemmaBodyExtended.aspx?lemmaID=6854|publisher=egeonet.gr|access-date=13 July 2016}}</ref> Thymaina has two settlements, Thymaina settlement and Keramidou. The population of the island is 191 inhabitants according to the 2021 census, 179 in Thymaina settlement and 12 in Kerameidou.<ref name=census21>{{cite web | url = https://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/17286366/MON_PLI_DHM_OIKISN_2021.xlsx | title = Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού{{snd}}Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό | trans-title = Results of the 2021 Population{{snd}}Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement | date = 29 March 2024 | publisher = Hellenic Statistical Authority | language = el }}</ref> The area is {{convert|10|km2|0|abbr=out|lk=out}}. Thymaina is a protected area along with all Fournoi cluster and belongs to the network Natura 2000.<ref name="egeonet"/>

==Historical population== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !Census!!Island |- |1991|| 156 (Thymaina 147, Kerameidou 9) |- |2001|| 152 (Thymaina 140, Kerameidou 12) |- |2011|| 143 (Thymaina 136, Kerameidou 7) |- |2021|| 191 (Thymaina 179, Kerameidou 12) |}

==See also== *{{Portal inline|Greece}} *{{Portal inline|Islands}}

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{{Authority control}} Category:Islands of Greece Category:Landforms of Ikaria (regional unit) Category:Islands of the North Aegean Category:Fournoi Korseon