Aetolia-Acarnania
Aetolia-Acarnania
Περιφερειακή ενότητα Αιτωλοακαρνανίας | |
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EEST) | |
Postal codes | 30x xx |
Area codes | 263x0, 264x0 |
ISO 3166 code | GR-01 |
Car plates | ΑΙ, ΜΕ |
Website | www |
Aetolia-Acarnania (
Geography
Mountains dominate the north, northeast, west and southeast, especially the
Lakes include the
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
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
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
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.
- Greek National Road 5/E55, SE, S, Cen., N
- Greek National Road 38, Cen., NE
- Greek National Road 42, N, NW
- Greek National Road 48/E65, SE
- Road linking Agios Nikolaos, Astakos and Aitolikon, NW, W, SW, S
Population history
- 1981: 218,362
- 1991: 230,688
- 2001: 224,429
- 2011: 210,802
Administration
The regional unit Aetolia-Acarnania is subdivided into 7 municipalities. These are (number in parentheses corresponds to number in the infobox's map):[3]
- Agrinio (2)
- Aktio-Vonitsa (3)
- Amfilochia (4)
- Messolonghi(1)
- Nafpaktia (6)
- Thermo (5)
- Xiromero (7)
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 |
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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
- Province of Messolonghi- Messolonghi/Messolongi
- Province of Nafpaktia - Nafpaktos
- Province of Trichonida - Agrinio
- Province of Valtos - Amfilochia
- Province of Vonitsa & Xiromero - Vonitsa
Note: Provinces no longer hold any legal status in Greece.
People
- Stratos Apostolakis - footballer
- prime minister
- Filipos Darlas, footballer
- Ioannis Kalogeras
- Christos Kapralos, writer
- Pavlos Karakostas
- Pantelis Karasevdas
- Michalis Kousis
- Nikolaos Makris
- Aristidis Moschos, musician
- Andreas Panagopoulos
- Thodoros Papadimitriou
- Pythagoras Papastamatiou, director
- Evangelos Papastratos
- Loukia Pistiola, actress
- Charilaos Trikoupis - a former Greek Prime Minister
- Spyridon Trikoupis - a former Greek Prime Minister
- Dimitrios Valvis - a former Greek Prime Minister
- Zinovios Valvis - a former Greek Prime Minister
- Yannis Yfantis - poet
- Panagiotis Kontos - a former General Secretary of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Communications
Radio
- Agrinio 93.7 FM
- Dytika FM
- Stereo Channel
- Akarnania Radio
Television
- Acheloos TV - Agrinion
- Lychnos, UHF channel 32 (religious), broadcasting from Nafpaktos
- Lepanto Tv - Nafpaktos
- Ν TV - Agrinion
Newspapers
- 29Dytika
- Akarnania
- En Bambini - Bambini
- Nea Epohi
- Vela
Sporting teams
- Agrinion, Super League
- Nafpaktiakos Asteras F.C. - Nafpaktos, Local Championship
- AE Messologiou - Mesologgi, fourth division
- Thyella Paravolas - Paravola, Local Championship
- Amfilochos - Amfilochia, Fourth Division
- Etoliko, Local Championship
See also
References
- ^ Detailed census results 2011 Archived 2013-12-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
- ^ "The history of the Nea Filadelfeia Meteorological stations" (in Greek). Retrieved 2016-09-03.
- ^ a b "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.