Minthi | |
Name Local: | Μίνθη |
Type: | community |
Periph: | West Greece |
Periphunit: | Elis |
Municipality: | Zacharo |
Municunit: | Zacharo |
Pop Community: | 58 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Coordinates: | 37.5°N 67°W |
Minthi (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μίνθη, before 1927: Άλβενα - Alvena[1]) is a mountain village and a community in the municipality of Zacharo, Elis, Greece. The community includes the village Kotroni. It is situated at 760 m elevation on the northern slope of the mountain Minthi (after which it was named), 5 km south of Platiana, 12 km west of Andritsaina and 10 km east of Zacharo. The area of the community is 16,500 hectares.
Year | Population village | Population community | |
---|---|---|---|
1981 | 238 | - | |
1991 | 171 | - | |
2001 | 144 | 221 | |
2011 | 77 | 86 | |
2021 | 57 | 58 |
The oldest mention of the village was the participation of its residents in the Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479), in which its leaders were Mitros Alveniotis and Giannis Agrios. In a Venetian census, between 1689 and 1700, it had 42 families and 149 residents. Minthi suffered damage from the 2007 Greek forest fires.