Mykines, Greece
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Mykines ( el, Μυκήνες), known before 1916 as Charvati (),Name changes of settlements in Greece
/ref> is a village and a former municipality in Argolis,
Peloponnese The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic regions of Greece, geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmu ...
, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Argos-Mykines Argos-Mykines ( el, Άργος-Μυκήνες) is a municipality in the Argolis regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the city of Argos. The municipality has an area of 1002.508 km2. The mayor is Dimitris Kamposos, w ...
, 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
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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


References

{{Argos-Mykines div Populated places in Argolis