Mykines (), known before 1916 as Charvati (),Name changes of settlements in Greece 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. The municipal unit has an area of 159.033 km2. 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.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
Year Community Municipal unit 1981 440 - 1991 436 4,412 2001 422 4,349 2011 354 3,388 2021 342 2,885
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