Argos-Mykines

Municipality in Greece
Municipality of Argos-Mykines
Δήμος Άργους-Μυκηνών
37°37′N 22°43′E / 37.617°N 22.717°E / 37.617; 22.717
CountryGreece
Administrative regionPeloponnese
Regional unitArgolis
SeatArgos
Government
 • MayorIoannis Maltezos (since 2023)
Area
 • Municipality1,002.5 km2 (387.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipality39,994
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitenewargos.gr

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

The mayor is Ioannis Maltezos, who won the election for the first time in 2023.[4]

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.[5] 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. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Μόνιμου Πληθυσμού κατά δημοτική κοινότητα" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 21 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  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. ^ Municipality of Argos – Mykines, Municipal elections – October 2023, Ministry of Interior
  5. ^ "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016.  (39 MB) (in Greek and French)
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Administrative division of the Peloponnese Region
Area
15,490 km2 (5,980 sq mi)
Population
577,903 (as of 2011)
Municipalities
26 (since 2011)
Capital
Tripoli
Regional unit of Arcadia
Regional unit of Argolis
Regional unit of CorinthiaRegional unit of LaconiaRegional unit of Messenia
Regional governor
Panagiotis Nikas [el] (elected 2019)
Decentralized Administration
Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian
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Subdivisions of the municipality of Argos-Mykines
Municipal unit of Achladokampos
Municipal unit of Alea
Municipal unit of Argos
  • Argos
  • Dalamanara
  • Elliniko
  • Inachos
  • Ira
  • Kefalari
  • Kourtaki
  • Laloukas
  • Pyrgella
Municipal unit of Koutsopodi
Municipal unit of Lerna
Municipal unit of Lyrkeia
  • Fregkaina
  • Gymno
  • Kaparelli
  • Karya
  • Kefalovryso
  • Lyrkeia
  • Neochori
  • Sterna
Municipal unit of Mykines
Municipal unit of Nea Kios
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Former provinces of Greece
Grouped by region and prefecture
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Central Macedonia
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Imathia
Kilkis
Pella
Serres
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Crete
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Heraklion
Lasithi
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Rhodope
Epirus
Ioannina
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Ionian Islands
Corfu
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North Aegean
Lesbos
Samos
Peloponnese
Arcadia
Argolis
Laconia
Messenia
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Cyclades
Dodecanese
Thessaly
Larissa
Magnesia
Trikala
West Greece
Achaea
Aetolia-Acarnania
Elis
Western Macedonia
Kozani
Note: not all prefectures were subdivided into provinces.
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