# Mouresi

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Municipal unit in Greece

Mouresi Μουρέσι Municipal unit Mouresi, Agia Triada church Location within the regional unit Mouresi Coordinates: 39°24′N 23°10′E / 39.400°N 23.167°E / 39.400; 23.167 Country Greece Administrative region Thessaly Regional unit Magnesia Municipality Zagora-Mouresi Area • Municipal unit 54.2 km2 (20.9 sq mi) Highest elevation 800 m (2,600 ft) Lowest elevation 0 m (0 ft) Population (2021)[1] • Municipal unit 1,787 • Municipal unit density 33.0/km2 (85.4/sq mi) • Community 402 Time zone UTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST) Postal code 370 12 Area code 24230 Vehicle registration ΒΟ

**Mouresi** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Μουρέσι) is a village and a former [municipality](/source/Communities_and_Municipalities_of_Greece) in [Magnesia](/source/Magnesia_(regional_unit)), [Thessaly](/source/Thessaly), [Greece](/source/Greece). It is situated in the northeastern part of the [Pelion](/source/Pelion) peninsula. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality [Zagora-Mouresi](/source/Zagora-Mouresi), of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 54.214 km2.[3] The seat of the municipality was in [Tsagkarada](/source/Tsagkarada).

## Subdivisions

The municipal unit Mouresi is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

- [Agios Dimitrios Piliou](/source/Agios_Dimitrios_Piliou) (Agios Dimitrios, [Agios Ioannis](/source/Agios_Ioannis%2C_Pelion))

- [Anilio](/source/Anilio%2C_Magnesia) (Anilio, Plaka)

- [Kissos](/source/Kissos)

- Mouresi (Mouresi, Agios Ioannis, [Damouchari](/source/Damouchari))

- [Tsagkarada](/source/Tsagkarada) (Tsagkarada, Mylopotamos)

- [Xorychti](/source/Xorychti) (Xorychti, Kato Xorychti)

## Geography

The municipal unit Mouresi covers the northeastern part of the [Pelion](/source/Pelion) peninsula, and is situated on the eastern side of the Pelion mountains, on the [Aegean Sea](/source/Aegean_Sea) coast. The area is mountainous and densely forested. The largest village is [Tsagkarada](/source/Tsagkarada) (population 525 in 2011). The village Mouresi lies at 310 m elevation, 1.5 km northwest of Tsagkarada, 2 km southeast of [Agios Dimitrios](/source/Agios_Dimitrios_Piliou) and 7 km southeast of [Zagora](/source/Zagora%2C_Greece).

## Historical population

Year Community Municipal unit 1991 - 3,239 2001 588 3,107 2011 548 2,475 2021 402 1,787

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-census21_1-0)** ["Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό"](https://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/17286366/MON_PLI_DHM_OIKISN_2021.xlsx) [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Kallikratis_2-0)** ["ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities"](http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.) (in Greek). [Government Gazette](/source/Government_Gazette_(Greece)).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-stat01_3-0)** ["Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)"](http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf) (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.

## External links

- [Agios Ioannis](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Agios_Ioannis#Q624386) travel guide from Wikivoyage

- [Mouresi Municipality](https://web.archive.org/web/20060831201808/http://www.dimosmouresiou.gr/)

- [Mouresi on Pelion.org](http://pelion.org/mouresi/index.asp)

v t e Subdivisions of the municipality of Zagora-Mouresi Municipal unit of Mouresi Agios Dimitrios Anilio Kissos Mouresi Tsagkarada Xorychti Municipal unit of Zagora Makryrrachi Pouri Zagora

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