Pteleos

thumb|Agia Marina beach, Pteleos Pteleos () is a village and a former municipality in the southern part of Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality of Almyros, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 118.230 km2, and a population of 1,990 in 2021.

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Locality: Δημοτική Ενότητα Πτελεού
Region: Περιφέρεια Θεσσαλίας
Country: Ελλάς
Population: 1,990
Timezone: Europe/Athens

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Key facts

Greek Dimos.name: Pteleos
Greek Dimos.name_local: Πτελεός
Greek Dimos.type: municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_map: DE Pteleou.svg
Greek Dimos.map_caption: Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph: Thessaly
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Magnesia
Greek Dimos.municipality: Almyros
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit: 1990
Greek Dimos.pop_community: 1195
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.area_municunit: 118
Greek Dimos.licence: ΒΟ

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Wikidata facts

Population: 1140
Elevation: 87
Dialing code: 2422

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native label: Φτελιό
postal code: 370 07
transliteration or transcription: Pteleos
Commons category: Pteleos

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==History== The area has been populated already since the prehistoric times, although not to be identified as the place Pteleum in ancient Elis that belonged to Nestor in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad. Several tombs from the Mycenean period survive between Pteleos (Pteleum) and Agioi Theodoroi.