Agios Georgios Nileias

Community in Greece

Agios Georgios Nileias Άγιος Γεώργιος Νηλείας
Community

39°21′N 23°05′E / 39.350°N 23.083°E / 39.350; 23.083
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Thessaly
Regional unit	Magnesia
Municipality	South Pelion
Municipal unit	Milies
Population (2021)^[1]
• Community	922
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΒΟ

Agios Georgios Nileias (Greek: 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:

Agios Georgios, elevation: 700 m, population as of 2021: 164 (population of 1971: 109)
Agia Triada, elevation: 500 m, pop.: 111 (pop. 1971: 263)
Ano Gatzea, elevation: 150 m, pop.: 250 (pop. 1971: 382)
Dyo Revmata, elevation: 500 m, pop.: 15 (pop. 1971: unknown)
Kato Gatzea, seaside settlement, pop.: 382 (pop. 1971: 324)

Population

Year	Population village	Community population
1881^[2]	-	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.

Notable people

Yiannis Poulakas (1863–1942) painter
Nikolaos Pavlopoulos (1909–1990) sculptor and writer

References

Kostas Liapis, O megalos Ai-Giorgis tou Piliou, published by the old Commune of Agios Georgios Nileias, Volos 1994, 515 pages ISBN 960-7175-68-9

Notes

^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ Ἐφημερὶς τῆς Κυβερνήσεως (ΦΕΚ), no. 112, 27 November 1881, Παράρτημα (Annex), p. 6.