Mykines, Greece
{{about|the modern settlement|ancient archaeological site|Mycenae}}
{{other uses|Mykines (disambiguation)}}
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|name = Mykines
|name_local = Μυκήνες
|type = municipal unit
|image_map = DE Mykineon.svg
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|periph = Peloponnese
|periphunit = Argolis
|municipality = Argos-Mykines
|pop_municunit = 2885
|pop_community = 342
|population_as_of = 2021
|area_municunit = 159.0
|elevation = 75
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|postal_code = 212 00
|area_code = 27510
|licence = AP
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Mykines ({{langx|el|Μυκήνες|Mykínes}}), known before 1916 as Charvati ({{lang|el|Χαρβάτι}}),[http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/170014 Name changes of settlements in Greece] is a village and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argos-Mykines, of which it is a municipal unit.{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}} The municipal unit has an area of 159.033 km2.{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf|publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece|title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)|language=el}} It is located 1 km west of the ancient site of Mycenae and 2 km east of the highway linking Argos and Corinth. It is 9 km north of Argos.
Name
The name Mykines is the modern Greek version of Mycenae. The village is near the archaeological site of Mycenae.
Historical population
Mykines was historically an Arvanite town.Zervas, Theodore. "Learning Arvanitic in Late 19th and Early 20th Century Greece: Linguistic Maintenance and Cultural Idiosyncrasies in Greece’s Arvanitic Speaking Communities." Zeitschrift für Balkanologie 50.2 (2014). page
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Year | Community | Municipal unit |
---|---|---|
1981 | 440 | - |
1991 | 436 | 4,412 |
2001 | 422 | 4,349 |
2011 | 354 | 3,388 |
2021 | 342 | 2,885 |