Minthi
Community in Greece
Minthi (Greek: Μίνθη, before 1927: Άλβενα - Alvena) is a mountain village and a community in the municipality of Zacharo, Elis, Greece. The community includes 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.
01Population
| Year | Population village | Population community |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 238 | - |
| 1991 | 171 | - |
| 2001 | 144 | 221 |
| 2011 | 77 | 86 |
| 2021 | 57 | 58 |
02History
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.
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