Iolcos (; also rendered
Iolkos or
Iolcus ;
Greek: Ιωλκός) is an ancient
city, a modern village and a former
municipality in
Magnesia,
Thessaly,
Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Volos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located in central Magnesia, north of the
Pagasitic Gulf. Its land area is 1.981 km². The municipal unit is divided into three communities, Agios Onoufrios (pop. 475), Anakasia (pop. 1012) and Ano Volos (pop. 651), with a total population of 2,138 (2011 census). The seat of the former municipality was the village of Ano Volos.