Thermi

Thermi (Greek: Θέρμη) is a town and a municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Its population was 53,201 at the 2011 census.[1]

This article is about the town in Greece. For the bacterial phylum, see Deinococcus–Thermus.
Thermi

Θέρμη
Thermi
Location within the region
Coordinates: 40°33′N 23°01′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitThessaloniki
Government
 • MayorThodoros Papadopoulos
Area
 • Municipality382.11 km2 (147.53 sq mi)
 • Municipal unit100.94 km2 (38.97 sq mi)
Elevation
63 m (207 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Municipality
53,201
 • Municipality density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
 • Municipal unit
25,145
 • Municipal unit density250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Community
 • Population16,004 (2011)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Municipality
View from the road
Dam of Thermi
Technology center of BETA CAE Systems
Interior of the International Hellenic University

The municipality Thermi was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]

The municipality Thermi has an area of 382.106 km2, the municipal unit Thermi has an area of 100.943 km2, and the community Thermi has an area of 55.90 km2.[3]

Education

Pinewood - The American International School is located in Thermi.[4]

Archaeology

Thermi is the site of a Bronze Age settlement excavated by the British archaeologist and museum curator Winifred Lamb.[5]

References
  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. Home page (Archive). Pinewood - The American International School. Retrieved on April 28, 2015. "14th km Thessalonikis - N.Moudanion, P.O. Box 60606, 57001 Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece"
  5. Lamb, Winifred (1936). Excavations at Thermi in Lesbos. Cambridge University Press.


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