Agrinio

Periphery:West Greece
Prefecture : Aitolia-Acarnania

Statistics
Agrinio City Logo: Heracles fighting with Achelous
Prefecture:	Aetolia-Acarnania
Province:	Trichonida
Location: Latitude: Longitude:	38.622/38 °37'20' N lat. 21.4075/21 °24'26' E long
Population: (2001)	54.253
Elevation:  -lowest:  -centre:  -highest:	Acheloos river 91 m(centre) about 500 to 600 m
Postal code:	301 00
Area/distance code:	11-30-26410 (030-26410)-2 to 4
Municipal code:	0202
Car designation:	AO
3-letter abbreviation:	ARN Agrinio

Agrinio (Greek, Modern: Αγρίνιο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on, older form: Agrinion, Latin: Agrinium) is the largest town and a municipality of the Aetolia-Acarnania prefecture of Greece, with about 80.000 inhibitants. It is one of the few prefectures including Argolis that have cities larger than the prefectural capital. The settlement dates back to the ancient times. In the medieval times until 1925, the area was known as Vrachori or Vrahori (Βραχώρι). It is linked by GR-5/E55 which since the 1960s bypasses Agrinio and GR-38/E862? linking to Karpenisi and Lamia to the east. It is located NW of the Rio-Antirio Bridge, N of Messolonghi, NE of Astakos, ESE of Lefkada and Preveza, S of Arta and Ioannina and WSW of Keratsini and Lamia.

The majority of the local people are tobacco farmers. Agrinio is agriculturally famous for its main production of Agrinio olives.

History

According to mythology, it was built by king Agrios, Thestia's son. It was destroyed by Cassander in 314 BC. In 1585 it was deserted during the revolt of Theodoros Migas. At the beginning of the 16th century it became the administrative center of Aitoloakarnania, depended on the imperial harems. It participated in the Greek Revolution. It was temporarily liberated on 11 June 1821. It became member of the newborn state permanently in 1832 with the treaty of Keleder Kiosi. It was again named Agrinio in 1925.

Communications

Radio

Agrinio 93.7 FM, website: http://www.agriniofm.gr

Historical population

Sites of interest

Archaeological Museum of Agrinio, located at 1-2 Diamantis Street, website

Agrinio Airport, IATA code: AGQ, ICAO: LGAG, Agrinio's airport located near the city. The airport also has a club named the Agrinio Aeroclub, greece/agrinion-airport-59.html website.

Lake Lysimacheia, Agrinio city in the background, Photo (c) Christos Makrozachopoulos

Other

Agrinio has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, churches, banks, a police station, a water tower, a post office, a junior soccer team, and a squares (plateies).

Sporting teams

• Panaetolikos FC - third division

Division of the municipality of Agrinio

• Agrinio / Δ.δ. Αγρινίου [44030]
  
  • Agrinio / το Αγρίνιο [42390]
    
  • Agios Ioannis Riganas / ο Άγιος Ιωάννης Ρηγανάς [144]
    
  • Akropotamos / ο Ακροπόταμος [46]
    
  • Velouchi / το Βελούχι [44]
    
  • Giannouzi / το Γιαννούζι [441]
    
  • Diamantaiika / τα Διαμανταίικα [270]
    
  • Eleutheria / η Ελευθερία [126]
    
  • Lefka / η Λεύκα [181]
    
  • Liagkaiika / τα Λιαγκαίικα [61]
    
  • Bouzion / το Μπούζιον [109]
    
  • Pyrgion / το Πυργίον [127]
    
  • Strongylaiika / τα Στρογγυλαίικα [43]
    
  • Schinos / ο Σχίνος [48]
    
• Agios Konstantinos / Δ.δ. Αγίου Κωνσταντίνου -- ο Άγιος Κωνσταντίνος [5616]
  
• Agios Nikolaos / Δ.δ. Αγίου Νικολάου Τριχωνίδος -- ο Άγιος Νικόλαος [186]
  
• Dokimion / Δ.δ. Δοκιμίου -- το Δοκίμιον [1760]
  
• Kalyvia / Δ.δ. Καλυβίων [1577]
  
  • Kalyvia / τα Καλύβια [1.101]
    
  • Agios Georgios / ο Άγιος Γεώργιος [289]
    
  • Platanos / ο Πλάτανος [187]
    
• Kamaroula / Δ.δ. Καμαρούλας [718]
  
  • Kamaroula / η Καμαρούλα [559]
    
  • Kokkinopylia / τα Κοκκινοπύλια [159]
    
• Skoutesiada / Δ.δ. Σκουτεσιάδας [366]
  
  • Raina / η Ραΐνα [278]
    
  • Skoutesiada / η Σκουτεσιάδα [88]
    

Halkounia

Images from the Agrinio and its history

Links

• Το τέλος της δυναστείας Παπαστράτου

Persons

• Christos Kapralos (1909 - 1993), artist, sculptor
• Pythagoras Papastamatiou, composer
  
• Konstantin Chatzopoulos (Κώστας Χατζόπουλος ), poet
• Papastratos family, industrialists (Papastratos Cigarette Co, May 1913 , Epaminondas (d. 1953), Evangelos, Ioannis (d. 1958) and Sotirios Papastratos)

See also

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