Minthi ( el, Μίνθη, before 1927: Άλβενα - ''Alvena''
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Zacharo ( el, Ζαχάρω) is a town and municipality in western Peloponnese, Greece. Administratively, it belongs to the regional unit of Elis in West Greece. Zacharo is situated on the coast of the Gulf of Kyparissia, a part of the Ionian Sea. T ...
, Elis
Elis or Ilia ( el, Ηλεία, ''Ileia'') is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it was ...
, Greece
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. 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
Minthi ( el, Μίνθη, before 1927: Άλβενα - ''Alvena'') 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 Ko ...
(after which it was named), 5 km south of Platiana, 12 km west of Andritsaina
Andritsaina ( el, Ανδρίτσαινα) is a village and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andritsaina-Krestena, of which it is a municipal unit. The municip ...
and 10 km east of Zacharo. The area of the community is 16,500 hectares.
Population
History
The oldest mention of the village was the participation of its residents in the Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479)
The First Ottoman–Venetian War was fought between the Republic of Venice and her allies and the Ottoman Empire from 1463 to 1479. Fought shortly after the capture of Constantinople and the remnants of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottomans, it ...
, 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
This is a list of settlements in Elis, Greece.
* Achladini
* Aetorrachi
* Agios Andreas, Katakolo
* Agia Anna
* Agia Kyriaki
* Agia Mavra
* Agia Triada
* Agioi Apostoloi
* Agios Charalampos
* Agios Dimitrios
* Agios Georgios
* Agios Il ...
References
External links
Minthi at the GTP Travel Pages
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Zacharo
Populated places in Elis