Agios Gewrgios Nhleias , Pilio

Agios Georgios Nileias (Greek: Άγιος Γεώργιος Νηλείας) is a Greek village located 20 km east of Volos in the Magnesia prefecture. Agios Georgios Nileias is built amphitheatrically at the elevation of 700 m on the slopes of Pelion. Koropi Agios Georgios Nileias is in the municipality of a Milies. Its population in 2001 was 785 for the municipal district. Agios Georgios Nileias is located between Agios Vlassios and Pinakates.

History

The first inhabitants of the village were foresters, and settled around the 15th century. The Aigiorgeites lived in the village in the summer and in the winter moved down to towns at lower elevations, such as Agia Triada, Ano Gatzea and Kato Gatzea.

The town was a battleground during the Greek War of Independence of 1821, but the town fell into Turkish hands for the next sixty years and the village was burnt. The village and its settlements were freed from the Ottoman and joined the rest of Greece in 1881. The village became a part of the old municipality of Nileias, but this municipality was dissolved in 1914 and downgraded to the communities of Ano and Kato Lechonia, Agios Vlassios (then Karabasi), Agios Georgios, Drakeia, Agios Lavrentios and Agria. It remained an autonomous commune until 1998. Nileia was an ancient city located close to modern Volos.

The village had a excellent lifestyle from the late-19th century up until World War II. Water was plentiful, and had lots of water and rich in production which includes olives and apple. Many fortunes of its village residents left for Egypt and elsewhere.

The village declined after the Second World War and the Greek Civil War. Many residents emigrated to lower elevations. Today, Agios Georgios Nileios has fewer residents, many homes.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agios_Georgios_Nileias