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|elevation_min = 0|elevation_max = 800|elevation = |image_map = DE Afeton.svg |map_caption = Location within the regional unit|periph = ThessalyMagnesia (regional unit)>Magnesia|municipality = South Pelion|population_as_of = 2021|pop_municunit = 1255|pop_community = 221|area_municunit = 80.7|postal_code = 370 10|area_code = 24230|licence = ΒΟ|website = }}Afetes () is a village and a former municipality in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality South Pelion, of which it is a municipal unit.WEB,weblink ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities, el, Government Gazette (Greece), Government Gazette, The municipal unit has an area of 80.744 km2.WEB,weblink National Statistical Service of Greece, Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation), el, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150921212047weblink">weblink 2015-09-21, The seat of the municipality was in Neochori. Afetes is situated in the Pelion peninsula, 2 km from the Pagasetic Gulf coast, 4 km southwest of Neochori, 6 km northwest of Argalasti and 23 km southeast of Volos.The name Afetes was taken from the ancient port Aphetae. The Persian fleet occupied the bay of Aphetae before the Battle of Artemisium, in 480 BC.DGRG, Aphetae, 1, 157,

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Afetes is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):{{cn|date=March 2024}}

• Afetes (Afetes, Profitis Ilias)
• Kalamaki
• Lampinou
• Neochori (Neochori, Agios Dimitrios, Afyssos, Zervochia, Megali Vrysi, Plaka)
• Syki

Population{| classwikitable

! Year !! Municipal unit population !! Community population | - | 252 | 341 | 221

See also

• List of settlements in the Magnesia regional unit

References

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