Portaria is a village and a former municipality

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 in Magnesia, Thessaly

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, Greece

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Volos

Volos

Volos is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 326 km north of Athens and 215 km south of Thessaloniki...

, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located on Mt. Pelion

Pelion

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, facing the Pagasetic Gulf

Pagasetic Gulf

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, north of Volos

Volos

Volos is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 326 km north of Athens and 215 km south of Thessaloniki...

 and its suburbs. The houses, their windows and their 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

Plateia

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).

Historical population

Year	Village population	Municipality population
1981	769	-
1991	1,093	3,318
2001	1,327	3,201

Neighboring localities

	North: Makrinitsa Makrinitsa Makrinitsa , nicknamed "balcony of Mt. Pelion," is a village and a former community in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Volos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is 5 km NE of Volos...
West: Iolkos	Portaria	East: Zagora Zagora Zagora may refer to:*Zagora, Morocco*Zagora Province, Morocco*Zagora, Greece* The region Zagore in north-eastern Bulgaria*The city of Stara Zagora*The city of Nova Zagora*Zagora , a region in inland Dalmatia...
	South: Volos Volos Volos is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 326 km north of Athens and 215 km south of Thessaloniki...  and Agria Agria Agria is a town and a former municipality in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Volos, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies on the Pelion peninsula about 7 km from Volos.- Name :...

External links

• The official site of the Portaria Municipality
• Mt. Pelion through a series of original photographs and sketches
• Information about the prefecture of Magnesia, capital city of Volos and Mt. Pelion
• Portaria Village - Pelion Site dedicated to the mountainous village of Portaria, full of useful and practical information