Afetes

Afetes (Greek: Αφέτες) 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.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 80.744 km2.[3] Population 1,746 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in Neochori. Afetes is situated in the Pelion peninsula, 2 km from the Pagasetic Gulf coast, 4 km southwest of Neochori, 6 km northwest of Argalasti and 23 km southeast of Volos.

Afetes
Αφέτες
Afetes is located in Greece
Afetes
Afetes
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 39°17′N 23°11′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionThessaly
Regional unitMagnesia
MunicipalitySouth Pelion
  Municipal unit80.7 km2 (31.2 sq mi)
Highest elevation
800 m (2,600 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Rural
341
  Municipal unit
1,746
  Municipal unit density22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
370 10
Area code(s)24230
Vehicle registrationΒΟ

The name Afetes was taken from the ancient port Aphetae. The Persian fleet occupied the bay of Aphetae before the Battle of Artemisium, in 480 BC.[4]

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Afetes is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

  • Afetes (Afetes, Profitis Ilias)
  • Kalamaki
  • Lampinou
  • Neochori (Neochori, Agios Dimitrios, Afyssos, Zervochia, Megali Vrysi, Plaka)
  • Syki

Population

YearMunicipal unit populationCommunity population
19912,091-
20011,838252
20111,746341

References

  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
  4. Public Domain Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Aphetae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 1. London: John Murray. p. 157.

See also

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