Velestino

Velestino (; ) is a town in the Magnesia regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality Rigas Feraios.

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Greek Dimos.name: Velestino
Greek Dimos.name_local: ΒελεστίνοVelescir
Greek Dimos.type: community
Greek Dimos.periph: Thessaly
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Magnesia
Greek Dimos.municipality: Rigas Feraios
Greek Dimos.municunit: Feres
Greek Dimos.population: 3202
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.elevation: 120
Greek Dimos.postal_code: 37 500
Greek Dimos.area_code: 24250

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Velestino (; ) is a town in the Magnesia regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality Rigas Feraios.

==Location== It is situated at elevation on a hillside, at the southeastern end of the Thessalian Plain. It is west of Volos and 40 km southeast of Larissa. Velestino has a train station on the local line from Larissa to Volos. The A1 motorway (Athens–Thessaloniki–Evzonoi) passes east of the town. The Greek writer and revolutionary Rigas Feraios was born in Velestino in 1757.

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