Volimes

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Volimes
'Βολίμες'
Statistics
Prefecture: Zakynthos
Island: Zakynthos
Municipality: Elatia
Municipal district: Macherado (seat)
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
37.869 (37° 52' 17") N
20.6578 (20° 39' 29") E
Population: (2001)
-Village
-Municipal district
-Percent of the municipal district
-Percent of the municipality
644 (+127 or +24.56%)
956
67.36%
%
Altitude:
 -lowest:
 -centre:		 Ionian Sea
359 m
about 600 m
Postal code: GR-290 92
Car designation: ZA

Volimes, (Greek: Βολίμες), older form: -on, also with the second or third a accented is a village in the southern part of the island of Zakynthos. It is the seat of the municipality of Artemissi. Its 2001 population was 95 for the village.

Contents

[edit] Settlements

  • Agios Nikolaos
  • Askos
  • Elies
  • Korithi
  • Varvara

[edit] Islet

  • Agios Andreas

[edit] Population

Year Settlement population Change Percent of the municipal district Percent of the municipality
1991 517 -185 or -26.35% - -
2001 644 +127 or +24.56% 956 67.36% 25.73% (village)
38.19% (municipal district)

[edit] Location and transportation

Volimes is located about 30 km northwest of the town of Zakynthos, northwest of Macherado and north of Laganas. Volimes is linked with a road connecting to the southern and the eastern part of the island.

[edit] About Volimes

Volimes is situated on the northernmost part of the island and is in the northernmost part of the Vrachiona mountains. Its area are hilly and contains a few forests, the mountains are to the western part. Farmlands covers the area, its main production are cattle, fruits and vegetables and several other crops. The island's northernmost point Cape Schinari is to the north.

[edit] History

Volimes was ruled by the Venetians until the Napolenic Wars when it was controlled and ruled by the French until the British invasion near the end, the Russians and the Ottoman Turks also ruled during the wars, though the Septinsular Republic was autonomous. Keri and the rest of the Ionian Islands formed a part of the United States of the Ionian Islands until 1864 which marked the end of the non-Greek rule, it finally ceded to Greece.

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, it was partially rebuilt, almost every building in the village were completely destroyed in the 1953 Ionian Earthquake, afterwards, the village were rebuilt by the late-1950s and 1960 to rebuilt everything and at the time connected with asphalt. More pavement was accessed in the late 20th century. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, television in the late-20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium. Its population declined sharply between 1991 and 2001, and lost by nearly 85%.

[edit] Panorama

It offers views of the island of Kefalonia along with Mount Ainos and the Paliki peninsula, along with the mainland including Etoloakarnania and the northwestern Peloponnese including Achaia and Ilia as well as the Chlemoutsi fortress which can be seen at night. The western part of the island can rarely be seen.

[edit] Other

Macherado has a school, a church, a restaurant, a tavern, a gas station and a square (plateia). Its nearest gymnasium (middle school), lyceum (secondary school) are in the area.

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