Agios Minas

Municipality of Agios Minas
Δημοτική Ενότητα Αγίου Μηνά
(Αγίος Μηνάς)

Basic data

State :

Greece

Region :

Chios

Chios

Geographic coordinates :

38 ° 19 ′ N , 26 ° 8 ′ E Coordinates: 38 ° 19 ′ N , 26 ° 8 ′ E

Height above d. M .:

0–179 m
Aegean Monastery of Agios Minas

Area :

13.049 km²

Residents :

3,271 (2011)

Population density :

250.7 inhabitants / km²

Code No .:

570102

Structure:

2 boroughs

Located in the municipality of Chios and the Chios regional unit

Agios Minas ( Greek Αγίος Μηνάς ) has been a municipality on the Greek island of Chios with the administrative seat Thymiana since 2010 . The municipality of Agios Minas, founded in 1989, was named after the monastery of the same name (Μονή Αγίος Μηνάς). With the administrative reform in 2010 , the municipalities of the island were merged to form the municipality of Chios on January 1, 2011. Since then, Agios Minas has been one of eight municipal districts.

location

The municipality is located in the east of the island, south of the city of Chios , and occupies the southern part of the agricultural Kambos plain and the adjacent hill country. Neighboring parishes are Kambochora in the west and Ionia in the south. To the east, beyond the Strait of Chios ( Steno tis Chiou Στενό της Χίου; also Steno tis Erythreas Στενό της Ερυθραίας), Asia Minor peninsula Erythrea (Χερσόνησο της Ερυθραίας) is with the city of Cesme . The shortest distance is less than 7 km.

Administrative division

The municipality is divided into two districts with a few smaller settlements. The population figures are from the 2011 census.

Borough	Greek name	code	Area (km²)	2001 residents	Residents 2011	Villages and settlements
Thyme	Δημοτική Κοινότητα Θυμιανών	57010201	7.674	2093	2606	Thyme, Agia Ermioni, Karfas, Keramia, Lefkonia, Moni Agiou Konstandinou Frangovouniou, Plaka
Neochori	Δημοτική Κοινότητα Νεοχωρίου	57010202	5.375	593	665	Moni Agiou Mina, Neochori, Paralia Agias Fotinis
total		570102	13,049	2686	3271

Web links

Agios Minas on hellas.teipir.gr , English
Agios Minas on www.chios.gr ( Memento of August 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Online travel guide for the newspaper Alithia ( Memento from May 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), German

Individual evidence

↑ 10.31 Northern Aegean Topo Χίος / Chios, 1: 60,000 (map) . Anavasi, ISBN 978-960-8195-30-1 .
↑ ^a ^b Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
↑ Χίος / Chios, Τουριστικός οδηγός / Guide Book . Ι Αλήθεια / I Alithia.

[AnavasiChios-1] 10.31 Northern Aegean Topo Χίος / Chios, 1: 60,000 (map) . Anavasi, ISBN 978-960-8195-30-1 .

[VZ2011-2] Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)

[XiosOdigos-3] Χίος / Chios, Τουριστικός οδηγός / Guide Book . Ι Αλήθεια / I Alithia.