MILIES

'Milies' (Greek: Μηλιές) is a village and a municipality on Mount Pelion in Greece. It is a traditional Greek mountain village, at a height of 400 m. It is 28 km from Volos, the capital city of the prefecture of Magnesia. Milies is connected with the GR-34A (Volos - Promyri) It has traditional stone houses, cobbled roads, good restaurants and accommodation in abundance. Milies is also notable for being the terminus of the narrow gauge (60 cm) Pelion Railway, built by the Italian engineer, Ernesto de Chirico, between 1895 and 1903. This proved to be of considerable economic advantage to the region. Recently restored from Ano Lechonia to Milies (16 kms), trains run twice a week at the weekend. The village commands striking views across the Pagasitikos Gulf and benefits from the many streams and water sources that Mt. Pelion is renowned for. These result in rich vegetation and cool, forested mountain slopes.

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Subdivisions

Municipal districts

Nearest places

Population

Geography

History

Landmarks

Other

External links

See also

Subdivisions

★ Koropi

★ Stavrodromi [2001 pop: 22]

Municipal districts

★ Agios Georgios Nileas

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★ Agia Triada

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★ Ano Gatzea

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★ Dyo Remata

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★ Kato Gatzea

★ Kala Nera

★ 'Milies'

★ Pinakates

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★ Agios Athanasios

★ Vyzitsa

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★ Argyreika

Nearest places

★ Koropi

★ Stavrodromoi

★ Kala Nera, southwest

★ Ano Lechonia, northwest

Population

Year	Municipal population	Village population	Change	Municipal district population	Percent of the municipal district	Percent of the municipality
1981	-	-	1,102	-	-	-	-
1991	3,737	-	952	-150 or -13.61%	-	-	-
2001	3,513	-224 or -5.99%	636	-316 or -33.19%	1,468	82.8%	26.51%

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.

History

The town is founded from the residents of the village of Milies on the island of Euboea in which they left to escape the pirate attacks. The town was constructed inlsnd and it views the sea, other, the village cannot be seen from the sea.
Milies was the home to Anthimos Gazis and Grigoriou Konstanta who in 1814 opened the school "Psychis Akos" which is now a library with books and historic features. Milies is the first town in Pelion which saw the Greek War of Independence of 1821 in which that part including Magnesia lost the battle and did not join Greece until 1881.
When Milies and the area became a part of Greece in 1881, the Turks left the area.

Landmarks

The towns features a church known as Agios Taxiarchos which was built in 1741.

Other

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

External links

★ Milies 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

★ Coordinates:

See also

★ List of settlements in the Magnesia prefecture