Argos-Mykines

Argos-Mykines
Άργος-Μυκήνες
Argos-Mykines

Coordinates: 37°37′N 22°43′E / 37.617°N 22.717°E / 37.617; 22.717Coordinates: 37°37′N 22°43′E / 37.617°N 22.717°E / 37.617; 22.717
Country Greece
Administrative region Peloponnese
Regional unit Argolis
Area
  Municipality 1,002.5 km2 (387.1 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Municipality 42,022
  Municipality density 42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Argos-Mykines (Greek: Άργος-Μυκήνες) is a municipality in the Argolis regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Argos.[2] The municipality has an area of 1002.508 km2.[3]

Municipality

The municipality Argos-Mykines was formed at the 2011 local government reform (known as Kallikratis) by the merger of the following 8 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]

Province

The province of Argos (Greek: Επαρχία Άργους) was one of the provinces of Argolis. It had the same territory as the present municipality Argos-Mykines.[4] It was abolished in 2006. To the west, Argos-Mykines borders on the former municipality of Mantineia, in 2011, intergrated with the municipality of Tripoli further west. To the north is the municipality of Corinthia, with Nafplio to the east .

References

  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. 1 2 Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. (39 MB) (Greek) (French)
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