Tsagkarada ( el, Τσαγκαράδα) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of
Mouresi
Mouresi ( el, Μουρέσι) is a village and a former municipality in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. It is situated in the northeastern part of the Pelion peninsula. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Zagora-Moure ...
in the eastern part of
Magnesia,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
. It was the seat of the former municipality Mouresi. It is situated at 408 m elevation, on the eastern slope of the forested
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 ...
mountains. Its population in 2011 was 525 for the village and 543 for the community which includes the village Mylopotamos. Tsagkarada is located 1.5 km southeast of Mouresi, 3 km north of
Xorychti
Xorychti ( el, Ξορύχτι) a village and a community in the municipal unit of Mouresi in the eastern part of Magnesia, Greece. It is situated at 420 m elevation, on the eastern slope of the forested Pelion mountains. Its population in 2011 was ...
, 9 km southeast of
Zagora and about 20 km east of the city 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 ...
(Magnesia's capital). At the main square, near Agia Paraskevi church, there is a big platanus. Perhaps the older of Greece. It is said it has at least one thousand years. It has a perimeter of nearly 20 meters.
Population
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
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Populated places in Pelion