Portaria

Periphery: Thessaly
Prefecture : Magnesia

Municipality Portaria

Statistics
Prefecture:	Magnesia
Province:	Volos
Location: Latitude: Longitude:	39.384/39°23'4'' N. 23.9955/23°59'37'' E
Population: (2001)	3201
Elevation: -lowest: -centre: -highest:	about 300 to 400 m 600 m(centre) about 1500 to 1800 m
Postal code:	370 11
Area/distance code:	11-30-24280 (030-24280)-9 -99 for Portaria
Municipal code:	3719
Car designation:	`BO`
3-letter abbreviation:	POM Portaria Magnisias
Website:	www.magnesia.gr/dimoi/dimoi_portaria.htm

Portaria (Greek: Πορταριά, related to door) is one of the 24 villages of Mt. Pelion, Magnesia, Greece, facing the Pagasetic Gulf. It is located N of Volos and its suburbs. It is also part of the Portaria municipality. The houses, its windows and its doors are painted beautifully with a variety of colors with beautifully colored edges. The mountaintop of Pelion is to the north.

Portaria has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, banks, a post office and a square (plateia).

Historical population

Year	Communal population	Municipal population
1981	769	-
1991	1093	3318

Neighboring localities

	North: Makrinitsa
West: Iolkos	Portaria	East: Zagora
	South: Volos and Agria

The municipality of Portaria, population 3201 (2001) is divided in

Portaria / Δ.δ. Πορταριάς [ 1.389 ]
- Portaria / η Πορταριά [ 1.327 ]
- Agia Paraskevi / η Αγία Παρασκευή [ 36 ]
- Agios Ioannis / ο Άγιος Ιωάννης [ 26 ]
Alli Meria / Δ.δ. Άλλης Μεριάς [ 1.163 ]
- Alli Meria / η Άλλη Μεριά [ 1.009 ]
- Goritsa / η Γορίτσα [ 154 ]
Katochori / Δ.δ. Κατωχωρίου -- το Κατωχώριον [ 436 ]
Spagiates / Δ.δ. Σταγιατών -- οι Σταγιάτες [ 213 ]

Links

Municipalities and communities of the Magnesia Prefecture

Anavra | Keramidi | Makrinitsa | Trikeri

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