Methana

Coordinates: 37°34′N 23°23′E / 37.567°N 23.383°E / 37.567; 23.383
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Methana
Μέθανα
UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
180 30
Area code(s)22980
Websitewww.methana.gr

Methana (

municipality on the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Troizinia-Methana, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 50.161 km2.[3]

Methana is situated on a volcanic (the Methana Volcano) peninsula, attached to the Peloponnese. Administratively, it belongs to the Attica region. The town (pop. 892 in 2011) is located north of the road connecting to the rest of the Peloponnese and Galatas. The highest point is 740 metres (2,428 feet) (Helona Mountain). The municipal unit has a land area of 50.161 square kilometres (19.367 square miles) and a population of 1,352 inhabitants at the 2021 census.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Methana is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

  • Kounoupitsa (Kounoupitsa, Agios Georgios, Agios Nikolaos, Makrylongos, Palaia Loutra)
  • Kypseli (Kypseli, Agioi Theodoroi)
  • Loutropoli Methanon (Methana, Dritsaiika)
  • Megalochori (Megalochori, Vathy, Kaimeni Chora, Megalo Potami)

Historical population

Year Community population Municipal unit population
1981 1,035 -
1991 1,054 2,056
2001 1,148 2,057
2011 1,097 1,657
2001 899 1,352

Half of the entire peninsula's population lives in Methana town.

Volcanic activity

Main article: Methana Volcano
Methana Volcano

The peninsula is entirely of

Saronic gulf) may expect other volcanic eruptions.[4]

Geography

View of Methana peninsula from the sea
Sulfurous bath inside sea

Since 1991, the peninsula has been investigated by the team of

ETH Zürich geologically and cartographically. From this, a topographical map of the entire peninsula at a scale of 1:25,000 was made.[citation needed] An interactive 3D map was created and is on the World Wide Web.[citation needed] Also a rich photographic archive with about 10.000 color slides has been produced (see links below).[citation needed
]

The panorama of the northeastern part of Argolis, southeastern and eastern Corinthia along with the southern part of the Attica peninsula and the Saronic Islands of Aegina and Salamis along with a smaller one and the mountains of the eastern tip of the neighboring peninsula.

Much of the peninsula is mountainous and bushy and grassy. The mountain range covers the central part of the peninsula and has a small ridge north of the seat. The residential area is within the sea. The pastures are around Methana. A mountain ridge is founded in the west and is about 3 km (2 mi) long with a stream in the middle and a cliff in the south.

History

The earliest known settlement (near the village of Vathy) dates from 1500–1300 BC. The first survey was conducted by

Kypseli. A Mycenaean
settlement was excavated by Helene Konstolakis-Jiannopoulou in 1990 along with the chapel of Agios Konstantinos and Elenis. Selected artifacts can be visited in the museums of Poros island and in Piraeus. This site dates between 1500 and 1300 BC.

Methana (

Isis, and statutes of Hermes and Heracles in the agora.[5] Traditionally, the population of Methana were Arvanites.[11]

Notable People

See also

Further reading

  • Mee, Christopher; Forbes, Hamish Alexander (1997). A Rough and Rocky Place: The Landscape and Settlement History of the Methana Peninsula, Greece : Results of the Methana Survey Project, Sponsored by the British School at Athens and the University of Liverpool. Liverpool University Press.
    ISBN 978-0-85323-741-9
    .

References

  1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
  4. ^ "List of volcanic eruption sites on Methana". Methana-Promotion.com. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b Pausanias (1918). "6.12". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  6. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. p. 374. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  7. ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 4.45.
  8. ^ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 12.65.
  9. ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.16.12.
  10. ^ Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.45.2
  11. ISBN 978-0-8047-3315-1
    . Retrieved 27 October 2010.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Methana". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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