Feres, Magnesia
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Feres (Template:Langx; Katharevousa: Φεραί) is a former municipality in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rigas Feraios, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 215.513 km2.[2] Population 4,746 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in the town Velestino.
Feres is located near the ancient city of Pherae, after which it was named.
Notable people
- Rigas Feraios (1757–1798), Greek Enlightenment writer and revolutionary