Agios Georgios Nileias Explained

Agios Georgios Nileias
Name Local:Άγιος Γεώργιος Νηλείας
Type:community
Coordinates:39.35°N 28°W
Periph:Thessaly
Periphunit:Magnesia
Municipality:South Pelion
Municunit:Milies
Population As Of:2021
Population:922
Licence:ΒΟ

Agios Georgios Nileias (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Άγιος Γεώργιος Νηλείας) 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 km northwest of Pinakates, 6 km northwest of Milies and 13 km east of Volos. Agios Georgios Nileias has a municipal museum with works of the sculptor Nikolaos Pavlopoulos.

Subdivisions

The community Agios Georgios Nileias consists of the following villages:

Population

Year Population villageCommunity population
1881[1] - 1,869
1971 109 1,078
1991 - 1,243
1991 161 -
2001 179 1,092
2011 142 963
2021 164 922

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 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.

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Notes and References

  1. https://volosmagnisia.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/%CE%91%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%AE-1881.pdf Ἐφημερὶς τῆς Κυβερνήσεως (ΦΕΚ), no. 112, 27 November 1881, Παράρτημα (Annex), p. 6.