Aetolia-Acarnania

Coordinates: 38°40′N 21°25′E / 38.667°N 21.417°E / 38.667; 21.417
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Aetolia-Acarnania
Περιφερειακή ενότητα
Αιτωλοακαρνανίας
EEST)
Postal codes
30x xx
Area codes263x0, 264x0
ISO 3166 codeGR-01
Car platesΑΙ, ΜΕ
Websitewww.pde.gov.gr/gr/

Aetolia-Acarnania (

Rio-Antirio Bridge. The surrounding regional units take in Arta in Epirus, a narrow length bordering Karditsa of Thessaly, Evrytania to the northeast, and Phocis
to the east.

Geography

Trichonida lake
Acheloos river

Mountains dominate the north, northeast, west and southeast, especially the

Kefalonia and Ithaca regional units. There is one reservoir and a lake in its central part. The many mountains of the area span the Panaitoliko toward the northeast and the Acarnanian Mountains, the Valtos and the Makrynoros mountains in the north, the Nafpaktia Mountains in the southeast, the Arakynthos and Kravara
in the south.

Lakes include the

Messolongi and the Aitoliko. The lowest altitude in Greece is found in west Aetolia-Acarnania at about -10 meters from the sea level.[2]

Climate

Its climate ranges from hot and humid summers, with temperatures often surpassing 40 °C, to mild and short winters in the low-lying areas, with cool winters dominating in the mountain areas. At the highest elevations, summers are cool, and snow and cold weather dominate the winter months in the Panaitoliko.

History

Ancient era

Byzantine era

Ottoman era

During the

Karleli and formed a province (sanjak) in the Rumelia Eyalet
.

Modern Aetolia-Acarnania

Aetolia and Acarnania became a prefecture and merged to form Aetolia-Acarnania after the Greek War of Independence in the late-1820s; the prefecture included Evrytania at the time, and it ranked second largest in Greece. Evrytania separated from the prefecture in 1948. In the 20th century, ferry services between Rio and the Peloponnese began. and in the 1950s and the 1960s ferry services began to incorporate vehicles. Following World War II and the Greek Civil War a number of buildings needed to be repaired.

A drawbridge linking the island of Lefkada was built in the 1960s. The prefecture's first reservoir, created by the

Stratos Hydroelectric Dam
in the 1980s and another in the late 1980s.

Transportation

The following years, GR-5 bypassed Messolonghi and Agrinion and GR-38 became connected with paved road with Eurytania and Phthiotida. In the late-1980s, the by-pass of Naupaktos began construction but after paving the road, the signs did not appear and until 1998, it was left unopened. In 1999, the road was re-repaired and finally opened to traffic. In 2000, the construction of the Rio-Antirio or the

Ionia Odos
(Ionian Motorway) which will run centrally bypassing communities began construction in 2001 at a part between Messolonghi and the curve, this section remains to be unpaved, the rest of the highway is in plan but the opening date is not yet set.

A railway formerly served the places from Kryoneri and Agrinio and served with the ferry with Rio. In the 1980s, the service came to an end.

Population history

  • 1981: 218,362
  • 1991: 230,688
  • 2001: 224,429
  • 2011: 210,802

Administration

Agrinio
Messolongi lagoon
Nafpaktos
Amfilochia
Paravola
Aitoliko
Astakos
Vonitsa

The regional unit Aetolia-Acarnania is subdivided into 7 municipalities. These are (number in parentheses corresponds to number in the infobox's map):[3]

Prefecture

As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Aetolia-Acarnania was created out of the former prefecture Aetolia-Acarnania (Greek: Νομός Αιτωλοακαρνανίας). The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit.[3] At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below.[4]

New municipality Old municipalities Seat
Agrinio Agrinio Agrinio
Angelokastro
Arakynthos
Thestieis
Makryneia
Neapoli
Panaitoliko
Paravola
Parakampylia
Stratos
Aktio-Vonitsa Anaktorio Vonitsa
Medeon
Palairos
Amfilochia Amfilochia Amfilochia
Inachos
Menidi
Messolonghi

(Mesolongi)
Messolonghi
Messolonghi
Aitoliko
Oiniades
Nafpaktia Nafpaktos Nafpaktos
Antirrio
Apodotia
Platanos
Pyllini
Chalkeia
Thermo Thermo Thermo
Xiromero Astakos Astakos
Alyzia
Fyteies

Provinces

Note: Provinces no longer hold any legal status in Greece.

People

Communications

Radio

Television

Newspapers

Sporting teams

See also

References

  1. ^ Detailed census results 2011 Archived 2013-12-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
  2. ^ "The history of the Nea Filadelfeia Meteorological stations" (in Greek). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
  3. ^ a b "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  4. ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.

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