Iolcos
Sign in to saveIolcus (; also rendered Iolkos ; and Ἰαωλκός; ; ) is an ancient city, a modern village and a former municipality in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of Volos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located in central Magnesia, north of the Pagasitic Gulf. Its land area is 1.981 km2. The municipal unit is divided into three communities, Agios Onoufrios (pop. 433), Anakasia (pop. 888) and Ano Volos (pop. 687), with a total population of 2,008 (2021 census). The seat of the former municipality was the village of Ano Volos.
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Iolcus
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Iωλκός
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Iolkou.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Thessaly
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Magnesia
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Volos
- Greek Dimos.population
- 2008
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area
- 1.981
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 156
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 385 00
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 24210
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΒΟ
- Greek Dimos.website
- www.iolkos.gr
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Iolcus (; also rendered Iolkos ; and Ἰαωλκός; ; ) is an ancient city, a modern village and a former municipality in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of Volos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located in central Magnesia, north of the Pagasitic Gulf. Its land area is 1.981 km2. The municipal unit is divided into three communities, Agios Onoufrios (pop. 433), Anakasia (pop. 888) and Ano Volos (pop. 687), with a total population of 2,008 (2021 census). The seat of the former municipality was the village of Ano Volos.
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