Xorychti ( el, Ξορύχτι) 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 is situated at 420 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 219 for the village and 248 for the community which includes the village Kato Xorychti. Xorychti is located 2 km northwest of
Lampinou, 3 km south of
Tsagkarada
Tsagkarada ( el, Τσαγκαράδα) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Mouresi in the eastern part of Magnesia, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality Mouresi. It is situated at 408 m elevation, on the eastern slo ...
, 5 km northeast 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 area o ...
, 12 km southeast of
Zagora and 21 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).
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
Xorychti on GTP Travel Pages(in English and Greek)
Populated places in Pelion
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