Volissos
Volissos is the largest village in the northwest part of Chios, Aegean Islands, Greece. The village is situated 40 km away from the main town of Chios.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pitropakis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 223 residents
- Description: modern village on Chios, Greece
- Also known as: “Volisos” and “Volissó”
- Postal code: 82103
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle of Volissos and Aghia Markela Monastery.
Aghia Markela Monastery
Church
The Monastery of Saint Markella is a Greek Orthodox female monastery on the island of Chios, near the village of Volissos, birthplace of the saint. Aghia Markela Monastery is situated 3½ km west of Volissos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Limia and Pirama.
Pirama
Village
Pirama is a village on the island of Chios, Greece. It is the only settlement of the eponymous community, part of the municipal unit Amani. Pirama is 4 kilometers from the village Volissos and 44 from Chios Town. Pirama is situated 2½ km north of Volissos.
Kourounia
Village
Photo: Leo.nisk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kourounia is a village, which is situated 9 km north of Volissos.
Volissos
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Chios, Chios, North Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.48342° or 38° 29′ 0″ northLongitude
25.92668° or 25° 55′ 36″ eastPopulation
223Elevation
80 metres (262 feet)Open location code
8GC7FWMG+9MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1833294843OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
251835Wikidata ID
Q3563125
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Volissos” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Волисос”
- Cebuano: “Volissós”
- Dutch: “Volissos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ڤوليسوس”
- Finnish: “Volissós”
- French: “Volissós”
- Greek: “Βολίσκος”
- Greek: “Βολισσός Χίου”
- Greek: “Βολισσός”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Volissós”
- Persian: “وولیسوس”
- Russian: “Волисос”
- Swedish: “Volissós”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Volissos”. Photo: Pitropakis, CC BY-SA 3.0.