Milies

Milies parish
Δημοτική Ενότητα Μηλεών
(Μηλιές)

Basic data

State :

Greece

Region :

Geographic coordinates :

39 ° 20 ' N , 23 ° 8' E Coordinates: 39 ° 20 ' N , 23 ° 8' E

Height above d. M .:

203 m
(average)

Area :

63.754 km²

Residents :

3,085 (2011)

Population density :

48.4 inhabitants / km²

Code No .:

240403

Structure:

5 local communities

Located in the municipality of Notio Pilio and in the Magnisia regional unit

Milies ( Greek Μηλιές ( f. Pl. ), Until 2008 officially Milee Μηλέαι) is a mountain village in the municipality of Notio Pilio . Milies is 28 km away from the city of Volos . The name of the place means 'apple trees' - there are still some apple orchards in the vicinity of the place. The firikia mountain apples are a specialty of the area .

The rather large village is about 450 m above sea level. From almost everywhere you can see the lower-lying olive groves and the large bay of the Pagasitic Gulf .

The houses in the village are listed, so every new building must be adapted to the traditional architectural style. There are only two narrow paved roads that are suitable for vehicles. The rest of the village is connected by natural stone stairways ( kalderimia ) that are unsuitable for vehicles. Therefore, mules, donkeys and horses are popular means of transport in Milies. All the stairways lead to the village square (Platia).

In the past, a railway line, the Pelion Railway, connected Volos with Milies. It has not been used since the mid-1970s, but was reopened for tourist purposes in its southern part in the mid-1990s.

structure

From 1912 to 1997 Milies was an independent rural community (kinotita), from 1997 after the incorporation of numerous neighboring villages into a town community (dimos) in the prefecture of Magnisia . Since the creation of the municipality of Notio Pilio ('South Pilio') in 2010, this municipality has formed one of five municipal districts with (2011) 3,085 inhabitants.

Local community	Greek name	code	Area (km²)	2001 residents	Residents 2011	Villages and settlements
Milies	Τοπική Κοινότητα Μηλεών	24040301	24.367	1056	0900	Koropi, Milies, Stavrodromi
Agios Georgios Nilias	Τοπική Κοινότητα Αγίου Γεωργίου Νηλείας	24040302	21,343	1092	0963	Agia Triada, Agios Georgios Nilias, Ano Gatzea, Dyo Revmata, Kato Gatzea
Vyzitsa	Τοπική Κοινότητα Βυζίτσης	24040303	06,073	0330	0306	Argyreika, Vyzitsa
Kala Nera	Τοπική Κοινότητα Καλών Νερών	24040304	01,950	0723	0594	Kala Nera
Pinacates	Τοπική Κοινότητα Πινακατών	24040305	10.021	0312	0211	Agios Athanasios, Pinakates
total		240403	63.754	3513	3085

history

Memorial for the men of the village who were executed by the German occupation forces in 1943

It is said that Milies was founded by residents of Miles in Euboea who were looking for a suitable hiding place to protect themselves from pirates.

During the occupation of Greece in World War II , in retaliation for partisan actions by the Greek resistance, the village of Milies was almost completely burned down by German occupation forces on October 4, 1943. According to official information from the municipal administration, 25 men were shot and three residents died in the burning houses. Eight days earlier, a German officer and a soldier had been killed by partisans near the village on September 26th.

Buildings worth seeing

The old library used as a school by Anthimos Gazis , a 19th century Greek philosopher
Old train station with a turntable on which the locomotive is turned by muscle power after arrival
Church of Agios Taxiarchis on the Platia, which is important because of its elaborate wall paintings.

Church of Agios Taxiarchis (Holy Archangel)
Magnisia Library

Twin town

Cyprus Republic Lapithos , Cyprus

literature

Helen F. Stamati: Milies: A Village on Mount Pelion. Athenian Press, Athens 1989.

Web links

Commons : Milies - collection of images, videos and audio files

Library website, large and small engl.

Individual evidence

↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
^ Helen F. Stamati: Milies: A Village on Mount Pelion, Athens 1989, p. 58.
↑ Mavri Vivlos tis katochis - Black Book of the Occupation, Athens 2006, p. 74.
↑ Stamati, p. 54.

[VZ2011-1] Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)

[2] Helen F. Stamati: Milies: A Village on Mount Pelion, Athens 1989, p. 58.

[3] Mavri Vivlos tis katochis - Black Book of the Occupation, Athens 2006, p. 74.

[4] Stamati, p. 54.