Argos-Mykines

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]

Argos-Mykines

Άργος-Μυκήνες
Argos-Mykines
Municipality of Argos-Mykines
Coordinates: 37°37′N 22°43′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionPeloponnese
Regional unitArgolis
Area
 • Municipality1,002.5 km2 (387.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Municipality
42,022
 • Municipality density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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, integrated 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. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
  4. "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016.  (39 MB) (in Greek and French)
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