| Volimes Βολίμες |
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Volimes
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| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | Ionian Islands |
| Regional unit: | Zakynthos |
| Municipality: | Zakynthos |
| Municipal unit: | Elatia |
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| - Population: | 939 |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
Volimes, (Greek: Βολίμες) is a village in the northwestern part of the island of Zakynthos. It was the seat of the municipality of Elatia. In 2001 its population was 939 for the district, and 627 for the village.
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| Year | Settlement population | Municipal district population |
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| 1981 | 702 | - |
| 1991 | 517 | - |
| 2001 | 644 | 956 |
Volimes is located about 30 km northwest of the town of Zakynthos, northwest of Macherado and north of Laganas. Volimes is linked with a road connecting to the southern and the eastern part of the island.
Volimes is situated on the northernmost part of the island and is in the northernmost part of the Vrachiona mountains. Its area are hilly and contains a few forests, the mountains are to the western part. Farmlands covers the area, its main production are cattle, fruits and vegetables and several other crops. The island's northernmost point Cape Schinari is to the north.
Volimes was ruled by the Venetians until the Napolenic Wars when it was controlled and ruled by the French until the British invasion near the end, the Russians and the Ottoman Turks also ruled during the wars, though the Septinsular Republic was autonomous. Keri and the rest of the Ionian Islands formed a part of the United States of the Ionian Islands until 1864 which marked the end of the non-Greek rule, it finally ceded to Greece.
After World War II and the Greek Civil War, it was partially rebuilt, almost every building in the village were completely destroyed in the 1953 Ionian Earthquake, afterwards, the village were rebuilt by the late-1950s and 1960 to rebuilt everything and at the time connected with asphalt. More pavement was accessed in the late 20th century. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, television in the late-20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium. Its population declined sharply between 1991 and 2001, and lost by nearly 85%.
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