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Country
  
Greece

Area
  
1,003 km²

Population
  
42,022 (2011)

Regional unit
  
Argolis

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Local time
  
Wednesday 7:06 AM

Administrative region
  
Peloponnese

Team
  
Ermis Kiveri F.C.

Argos-Mykines

Weather
  
9°C, Wind NW at 5 km/h, 80% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Archaeological Museum of Argos, Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Lion Gate, Grave Circle A - Mycenae

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

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Map of Argos-Mykines, Greece

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:

  • Achladokampos
  • Alea
  • Argos
  • Koutsopodi
  • Lerna
  • Lyrkeia
  • Mykines
  • Nea Kios
  • 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. It was abolished in 2006. To the west, Argos-Mykines borders on the former municipality of Mantineia, in 2011, integrated with the municipality of Tripoli further west. To the north is the municipality of Corinthia, with Nafplio to the east .

    References

    Argos-Mykines Wikipedia