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 THE
CITY OF VOLOS
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The city of Volos is situated at the
centre of the Greek mainland, at an approximately equal
distance from the country's two main urban centres, Athens
and Salonica.
Built at the innermost point of the
Pagasetic Gulf and at the foot of Mount Pelion, it
is the only outlet towards the sea from Thessaly, the
country's largest agricultural region.
The greater Volos conurbation has
a population of 120.000 and includes the Municipality
of Volos with 80.000 inhabitants, the municipalities
of Nea Ionia and Iolkos, as well as smaller suburban
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From a population of 4.887 in 1881,
when Thessaly was annexed to the Greek state, Volos has
increased its size twenty-fold within one century.
A combination of the knowledge and
skills of the creftsmen of Mt. Pelion, the labour force
of Thessaly and investment from the major centres of
the Greek diaspora has enabled the city to develop
into an important industrial centre with the third
largest port int the country.
The economy of the city is based on
manufacturing, trade, services and tourism. |
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Volos is developing into a dynamic European city with a
new and modern univercity, an active cultural life, and varied
opportunities for leisure and entertainment. |
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The Port |
Since the times of the Argonauts and
the mythical Argo, the port of Volos has maintained the
uninterrupted maritime tradition of the city.
Before the development of road transport,
the port of Volos served for the distribution of all the
produce of the Thessalian hinterland and the entire regjon.
From here grain from the plains and silks from Ìt. Pelion
left for the markets of Europe and the East. From here
many of the famous products of the industrial flourishing
of Volos travelled abroad: cashmeres and other textiles,
agricultural equipment and leather, tobacco and fruit,
ïßl and processed fésh.
For many years the eminent Port
Committee played a distinguished role ßn the economic
and social life of the city. Today, the port stretches
from the central wharf for a distance of almost 6 kilometres
along the seafront. |
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The
main commercial section, which is situated ïð the outskirts
of the city, serves for the transport of goods and the transit
of lorries, railway wagons and containers. The other section,
within the city itself, serves the passenger ships, ferry
boats, and hydrofoils which connect Volos with the Northern
Sporades, Lesbos, Halkidiki and other Aegean ports. It also
seríes the féshing fleet, amateur féshing boats and leisure
crafts which anchor along the central seafront of Volos.
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