Agios Vlasios ( meaning
Saint Blaise
Blaise of Sebaste (, ''Hágios Blásios''; martyred 316 AD) was a physician and bishop of Sivas, Sebastea in historical Lesser Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey) who is venerated as a Christian saint and martyr. He is counted as one of the Fourteen ...
, before 1927: Καραμπάσι - ''Karampasi'',
Turkish
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: ''Karabaş'' "black head") is a village and a community in the municipal unit of
Artemida,
Magnesia,
Greece
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. Agios Vlasios is situated on the slopes of mount
Pelion
Pelion or Pelium (Modern , ''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 the Aegean Sea. Its ...
, 1.5 km west of
Agios Georgios Nileias
Agios Georgios Nileias () is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Milies, Magnesia, Greece. It is situated on the slopes of mount Pelion, at about 700 m elevation. Agios Georgios Nileias is 1.5 km east of Agios Vlasios, 3 ...
, 2 km northeast of
Ano Lechonia and 11 km east of
Volos
Volos (; ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia (regional unit), Magnesia regional unit of the Thessaly Region. Volos ...
. The name comes from the church of the village.
Subdivisions
The community Agios Vlasios consists of the following villages:
*Agios Vlasios
021 pop: 280*Malaki
op: 109*Palaiokastro
op: 43*Strofilos
op: 25
Population
History
During the
Turkish Era, the village Palaiokastro which is located between Ano Lechonia and Agios Vlasios was inhabited by Turks. After Thessaly joined Greece in 1881 Agios Vlasios (then ''Karampasi'') became a part of the municipality of
Nileia. In 1912, it became an independent community. In 1997, Agios Vlasios became a part of the municipality of
Artemida which has its seat at nearby Ano Lechonia. In 2010 Artemida became part of the municipality of Volos.
See also
*
List of settlements in the Magnesia regional unit
This is a list of settlements in the Magnesia regional unit, Greece.
* Achilleio
* Aerino
* Afetes
* Agia Triada
* Agioi Theodoroi
* Agios Dimitrios Piliou
* Agios Georgios Feron
* Agios Georgios Nileias
* Agios Ioannis, in Almyros municip ...
References
External links
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{{Artemida
Dissolved municipalities and communes in Greece
Populated places in Magnesia (regional unit)
Volos