Thermes
Sign in to saveThermes () is a former community in the Xanthi regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Myki, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 90.014 km2. It consists of the villages Ano Thermes, Thermes (also called Kato Thermes), Meses Thermes, Medousa, Kidaris, Diasparto, and Kottani. The population of Thermes was around 1396 inhabitants in 1991. In 2021, the population decreased to 646 inhabitants. Thermes is popular for its hot spas, which can be found all around the area.
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Place details
- Locality
- Θέρμες
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας και Θράκης
- Country
- Ελλάς
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Thermes
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Θέρμες
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Thermon.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- East Macedonia and Thrace
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Xanthi
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Myki
- Greek Dimos.population
- 646
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area
- 90.0
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 485
- Greek Dimos.licence
- AH
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- +117
- Elevation
- +485
- Image
- 20091128 Thermes Xanthi Thrace Greece.jpg
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Thermes () is a former community in the Xanthi regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Myki, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 90.014 km2. It consists of the villages Ano Thermes, Thermes (also called Kato Thermes), Meses Thermes, Medousa, Kidaris, Diasparto, and Kottani. The population of Thermes was around 1396 inhabitants in 1991. In 2021, the population decreased to 646 inhabitants. Thermes is popular for its hot spas, which can be found all around the area.
==Name== In Bulgarian, the community is known as Лъджа (Lydža) or Баня (Banja), the former a version of the Turkish name and the latter a calque also meaning "spa". The Turkish name of Thermes is Ilıca which means "spa".