Mykines, Greece

This article is about the modern settlement. For ancient archaeological site, see Mycenae.

For other uses, see Mykines (disambiguation).

Mykines Μυκήνες
Municipal unit
Mykines Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 37°43′N 22°45′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Argolis
Municipality	Argos-Mykines
Area
• Municipal unit	159.0 km^2 (61.4 sq mi)
Elevation	75 m (246 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipal unit	2,885
• Municipal unit density	18/km^2 (47/sq mi)
• Community	342
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	212 00
Area code(s)	27510
Vehicle registration	AP

Mykines (Greek: Μυκήνες, romanized: Mykínes), known before 1916 as Charvati (Χαρβάτι),^[2] 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.^[3] The municipal unit has an area of 159.033 km².^[4] 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.^[5]

Year	Community	Municipal unit
1981	440	-
1991	436	4,412
2001	422	4,349
2011	354	3,388
2021	342	2,885

References

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. Name changes of settlements in Greece
3. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
4. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
5. 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