Voukolies
Voukolies is a village in Platanias, Chania, Crete and has about 700 residents. Voukolies is situated nearby to the village Neo Chorio, as well as near the hamlet Νέμπρος.- Type: Village with 700 residents
- Description: human settlement in Greece
- Also known as: “Voukoliaí” and “Voukoliés”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monumental Olive Tree of Vouves.
Monumental Olive Tree of Vouves
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Olive tree of Vouves is an olive tree in the village of Ano Vouves in the municipal unit of Kolymvari in Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Probably one of the oldest olive trees in the world, it still produces olives today. Monumental Olive Tree of Vouves is situated 2½ km northwest of Voukolies.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mesa Boukolies and Zympragos.
Zympragos
Hamlet
Zympragos is a village in Chania regional unit of the island of Crete, Greece. It was part of the former Kissamos Province and belongs to the municipality of Platanias. Zympragos is situated 5 km southwest of Voukolies.
Rokka
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rokka is a village, which is situated 6 km west of Voukolies.
Voukolies
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Platanias, Chania, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.46675° or 35° 28′ 0″ northLongitude
23.80003° or 23° 48′ 0″ eastPopulation
700Elevation
103 metres (338 feet)Open location code
8G75FR82+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 770089104OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
251782Wikidata ID
Q21772792
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Russian—“Voukolies” goes by many names.
- German: “Voukolies”
- Greek: “Βουκολιαί”
- Greek: “Βουκολιές Χανίων”
- Greek: “Βουκολιές”
- Irish: “Voukolies”
- Russian: “Воукольес”
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Localities in the Area
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