Minthi

Minthi (Greek: Μίνθη, before 1927: Άλβενα - Alvena[2]) is a mountain village and a community in the municipality of Zacharo, Elis, Greece. In 2011 its population was 77 for the village and 86 for the community, including the village Kotroni. It is situated at 760 m elevation on the northern slope of the mountain Minthi (after which it was named), 5 km south of Platiana, 12 km west of Andritsaina and 10 km east of Zacharo. The area of the community is 16,500 hectares.

Minthi Μίνθη
Minthi
Coordinates: 37°30′N 21°46′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Greece
Regional unit	Elis
Municipality	Zacharo
Municipal unit	Zacharo
Community [1]
• Population	86 (2011)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Population

Year	Population village	Population community
1981	238	-
1991	171	-
2001	144	221
2011	77	86

History

The oldest mention of the village was the participation of its residents in the Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479), in which its leaders were Mitros Alveniotis and Giannis Agrios. In a Venetian census, between 1689 and 1700, it had 42 families and 149 residents. Minthi suffered damage from the 2007 Greek forest fires.

See also

• List of settlements in Elis

References

1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
2. Pandektis, name changes of settlements in Greece

External links

• Minthi at the GTP Travel Pages