Minthi

Minthi (Greek: Μίνθη, also Minthe) is a village in the municipality of Zacharo, Ilia Prefecture, Greece. Its 2001 population was 144 for the village and 221 for the municipal district, including the village Kotroni. It is 15 to 20 km east of the GR-9/E55 (Patras - Pyrgos - Kyparissia) and overlooks the Anydro River. Its elevation is 760 m. The village was known as Alvena (Άλβενα)^[1] until 1927 when under (Law 306 of 1927), the village changed its name to Minthe after the ancient site (the only shrine to Hades in Greece) on November 4, 1927.

Nearest places

• Chrysochori, NNW (distance: 2 km)
• Vresto, east (distance: 5 km)

Population

Year	Population village	Population municipal district
1981	238	-
1991	171	-
2001	144	221

Geography

Minthi is located 35 to 40 km east of downtown Pyrgos, 30 to 35 km south of Olympia and about 55 to 60 km north of Kyparissia. The mountains dominate the area, the ranges are to the south. Farmlands are in the valley areas. The village overlooks the mountains and hills to the north and west as well as the Ionian Sea to the west, the narrow plain.

History

The village had lived for over 500 years. The oldest record in the village was when its residents which took part in the fighting by the Alveneos in the Ottoman-Venetian war from 1463 until 1479, in which its leader Mitros Alveniotis and Giannis Agrios. The second record was when the Venetians recored its census from 1689 until 1700. It had 42 families and 149 residents. During the creation and recreation of the municipalities under the Capodistrian Plan in 1997, it became a part of the municipality of Zacharo and its commune or community was transformed into a municipal district. The area of the village is 16,500 hectares and borders with 12 villages. Minthi was rich in vegetation, the Greek forest fires of 2007 burnt much of its forest in a part of the Peloponnese in August 2007.

Economy

Its main economy is agriculture, the main agricultural proudcts are cattle and fruits and vegetables as well as olives.

See also

• List of places in the Ilia prefecture

References

1. ^ Pandektis, the origin of village names in Greece

External links

• Minthi at the GTP Travel Pages