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Agios Vlasios Άγιος Βλάσιος
Community
Agios Vlasios
Coordinates: 39°20′N 23°3′E / 39.333°N 23.050°E / 39.333; 23.050
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Thessaly
Regional unit	Magnesia
Municipality	Volos
Municipal unit	Artemida
Elevation	262 m (860 ft)
Population
• Community	457
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	385 00
Area code(s)	24280
Vehicle registration	BO

Agios Vlasios (Greek: Άγιος Βλάσιος meaning Saint Blaise, before 1927: Καραμπάσι - Karampasi, Turkish: Karabaş "black head") is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Artemida, Magnesia, Greece. Agios Vlasios is situated on the slopes of mount Pelion, 1.5 km west of Agios Georgios Nileias, 2 km northeast of Ano Lechonia and 11 km east of Volos. The name comes from the church of the village.

Subdivisions

The community Agios Vlasios consists of the following villages:

• Agios Vlasios
• Malaki
• Palaiokastro
• Strofilos

Population

History

During the Turkish Era, the village Palaiokastro which is located between Ano Lechonia and Agios Vlasios was inhabited by Turks. After Thessaly joined Greece in 1881 Agios Vlasios (then Karampasi) became a part of the municipality of Nileia. In 1912, it became an independent community. In 1997, Agios Vlasios became a part of the municipality of Artemida which has its seat at nearby Ano Lechonia. In 2010 Artemida became part of the municipality of Volos.

See also

• List of settlements in the Magnesia regional unit

References

1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. Name changes of settlements in Greece
3. "EETAA local government changes". Retrieved 26 June 2020.

External links

• Agios Vlasios travel guide from Wikivoyage

• Dissolved municipalities and communes in Greece
• Populated places in Magnesia (regional unit)
• Volos