Agios Georgios Nileias ( el, Άγιος Γεώργιος Νηλείας) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of

Milies Milies ( el, Μηλιές) is a village and a former municipality in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality South Pelion, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an ar ...

, Magnesia,

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. It is situated on the slopes of mount

Pelion Pelion or Pelium (Modern el, Πήλιο, ''Pílio''; Ancient Greek/ Katharevousa: Πήλιον, ''Pēlion'') is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in northern Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and th ...

, at about 700 m elevation. Its population in 2001 was 142 for the village, and 963 for the community. Agios Georgios Nileias is 1.5 km east of Agios Vlasios, 3 km northwest of

Pinakates Pinakates ( el, Πινακάτες) is a mountain village in the Magnesia regional unit, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Bal ...

, 6 km northwest of Milies and 13 km east of

Volos Volos ( el, Βόλος ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the sixth most populous city of Greece, and the capital of the Magnesia regional unit ...

. Agios Georgios Nileias has a municipal museum with works of the sculptor

Nikolaos Pavlopoulos Nikolaos Pavlopoulos (, Agios Georgios Nileias, 1909 - Athens, October 10, 1990) was a Greek sculptor and writer. His education in his years in Volos, he learned himself with calligraphy, music and theatre. When he finished at the Practical Lyceum ...

Subdivisions

The community Agios Georgios Nileias consists of the following villages: *Agios Georgios, elevation: 700 m, population as of 2011: 142 (population of 1971: 109) *Agia Triada, elevation: 500 m, pop.: 141 (pop. 1971: 263) *Ano Gatzea, elevation: 150 m, pop.: 297 (pop. 1971: 382) *Dyo Revmata, elevation: 500 m, pop.: 23 (pop. 1971: unknown) *Kato Gatzea, seaside settlement, pop.: 360 (pop. 1971: 324)

Population

History

According to tradition, the village was founded by shepherds who found an icon in a bush. Its inhabitants lived in the village in the summer and in the winter they moved to villages at lower elevations, such as Agia Triada, Ano Gatzea and Kato Gatzea. The village revolted during the

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted ...

of 1821, but the revolt was suppressed by the Ottoman Pasha Dramali and the village was burnt. Agios Georgios joined the rest of Greece in 1881. The village became a part of the municipality of Nileia (named after the ancient city Nelia, located close to modern Volos), which was dissolved in 1914. Agios Georgios Nileias was an independent community from 1914 until 1998, when it became part of the municipality Milies.

Notable people

* Yiannis Poulakas (1863–1942) painter *

(1909–1990) sculptor and writer

References

*Kostas Liapis'', ''O megalos Ai-Giorgis tou Piliou'', published by the old Commune of Agios Georgios Nileias, Volos 1994, 515 pages ;Notes

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