Agios Vlasios ( el, Άγιος Βλάσιος meaning
Saint Blaise
Blaise of Sebaste ( hy, Սուրբ Վլասի, ''Surb Vlasi''; el, Ἅγιος Βλάσιος, ''Agios Vlasios''; ) was a physician and bishop of Sebastea in historical Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey) who is venerated as a Christian saint and m ...
, before 1927: Καραμπάσι - ''Karampasi'',
Turkish
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*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
: ''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 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 the ...
, 1.5 km west of
Agios Georgios Nileias
Agios Georgios Nileias ( el, 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. Its population in 200 ...
, 2 km northeast of
Ano Lechonia
Ano Lechonia ( el, Άνω Λεχώνια) is a town in the Magnesia regional unit, Greece. Ano Lechonia was the seat of the former municipality of Artemida. The population of the village in 2011 was 1,068, the population of the community (inclu ...
and 11 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 ...
. Its population in 2011 was 515. The name comes from the church of the village.
Subdivisions
The community Agios Vlasios consists of the following villages:
*Agios Vlasios
011 pop: 322*Malaki
op: 113*Palaiokastro
op: 55*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 municipa ...
References
External links
Agios Vlasios on GTP Travel Pages
{{Artemida
Dissolved municipalities and communes in Greece
Populated places in Magnesia (regional unit)
Volos