AFETES

'Afetes' (Greek: Αφέτες), older forms: 'Afetai' or 'Afete' is a municipality in the Magnesia prefecture, Greece. Population 1,838 (2001). The seat of the municipality is in Neochori. The origin of the name dates back to ancient times.

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Subdivisions

Municipal districts

Nearest places

Geography

Population

Other

External links

See also

Subdivisions

★ Profitis Ilias

Municipal districts

★ 'Afetes'

★ Kalamaki

★ Lampinou

★ Neochori

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★ Agios Dimitrios

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★ Afyssos

★ Megali Vryssi

★ Plaka

★ Zervochia or Zervohia

★ Syki

Nearest places

★ Neochori, east

★ Argalasti, south

★ Milies, northwest

★ Syki

Geography

The Pelio mountains dominate the area, the valley covers the central part, and farmlands are within the village and it produces fruits, olives and vegetables. The Pagasetic Gulf dominates the western part.

Population

Year	Municipal population	Change	Percent of the prefecture	Municipal district and village population	Change	Percent of the municipality
1981	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	2,091	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	1,838	-253 or 12.1%	0.88%	252	-316 or -33.19%	1,468	82.8%	26.51%

Other

Afetes has a school, church, a gymnasium (middle school), a lyceum (high school), banks and a few squares (''plateia'').

External links

★ Afetes (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages

★ Afetes (village) on GTP Travel Pages

★ 'Map and aerial photos':

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★ Street map information from: Mapquest, LiveLocal or Google or Yahoo! Maps

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★ Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available

See also

★ List of settlements in the Magnesia prefecture