Temenos | |
Name Local: | Τέμενος |
Type: | municipal unit |
Coordinates: | 35.1833°N 31°W |
Elevation: | 298 |
Periph: | Crete |
Periphunit: | Heraklion |
Municipality: | Heraklion |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Pop Municunit: | 3421 |
Area Municunit: | 56.6 |
Temenos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Τέμενος) is a former municipality in the Heraklion Regional Unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Heraklion, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 56.608 km2.[2] Population 3,421 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Profitis Ilias.
The province of Temenos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Επαρχία Τεμένους) was one of the provinces of the Heraklion Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Heraklion (except the municipal unit Gorgolainis and a few other villages) and the municipal unit Archanes.[3] It was abolished in 2006.