Argos-Mykines Explained

Municipality of Argos-Mykines
Name Local:Δήμος Άργους-Μυκηνών
Type:municipality
Periph:Peloponnese
Periphunit:Argolis
Seat:Argos
Pop Municipality:39994
Area Municipality:1002.5
Population As Of:2021
Coordinates:37.6167°N 65°W
Mayor:Ioannis Maltezos
Since:2023

Argos-Mykines (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Άργος-Μυκήνες) is a municipality in the Argolis regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the city of Argos.[1] The municipality has an area of 1002.508 km2.[2]

The mayor is Ioannis Maltezos, who won the election for the first time in 2023.[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:[1]

Province

The province of Argos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: 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 to the former municipality of Mantineia, which integrated in 2011 with the municipality of Tripoli further west. To the north are the municipalities of Sikyona, Nemea and Corinth. To the east is the municipality of Nafplio. To the south, it borders with the municipality of North Kynouria.

References

  1. Web site: ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text. el. Government Gazette.
  2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .
  3. https://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/d/home/en/municipalities/9233/ Municipality of Argos – Mykines, Municipal elections – October 2023
  4. Web site: Detailed census results 1991 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183824/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00086.pdf . March 3, 2016 .