title: Temenos, Greece
text: # Temenos, Greece
  
  Temenos (Greek: 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. The municipal unit has an area of 56.608 $km^2.$ Population 3,260 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in Profitis Ilias.
  
  ## Province
  
  The province of Temenos (Greek: 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. It was abolished in 2006.
  
  