Schoinoussa
Sign in to saveSchoinoussa or Schinoussa ( ; anciently Σχινοῦσσα) is an island and a former community in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Naxos and Lesser Cyclades, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies south of the island of Naxos, in the Lesser Cyclades group, between the island communities of Irakleia and Koufonisia. The population was 229 inhabitants at the 2021 census. Its land area is .
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Schoinoussa
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Σχοινούσσα
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Harbor Schinousa, Greece.jpg
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Schinoussis.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- South Aegean
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Naxos
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Naxos and Lesser Cyclades
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 229
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 8.512
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 843 00
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 22870
- Greek Dimos.licence
- EM
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Schoinoussa or Schinoussa ( ; anciently Σχινοῦσσα) is an island and a former community in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Naxos and Lesser Cyclades, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies south of the island of Naxos, in the Lesser Cyclades group, between the island communities of Irakleia and Koufonisia. The population was 229 inhabitants at the 2021 census. Its land area is .
==Description== Schoinoussa is located south of Naxos, in the middle about of the Lesser Cyclades island group. It is the fourth largest island of the Lesser Cyclades and the second most populated, after Ano Koufonisi. The island has three settlements, Chora the capital of the island, Mesaria and Mersini which is the port of the island. The derivation of the name Schinoussa is not precisely known. It is believed that the name either derives from the corruption of the ancient name Echinousa or from a Venetian nobleman named Schinoza. Schoinoussa has been inhabited since antiquity. On the island there are sites of archaeological interest including ancient Greek and Roman ruins, ruins of a Byzantine church and a small medieval castle. From the 11th century, the island was the property of the Hozoviotissa Monastery on the nearby island of Amorgos.