Mykines, Greece

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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.[4]

Year Community Municipal unit
1981 440 -
1991 436 4,412
2001 422 4,349
2011 354 3,388
2021 342 2,885

References

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  1. Name changes of settlements in Greece
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  4. 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

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