Astakos is a town and a former municipality

Communities and Municipalities of Greece

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 in Aetolia-Acarnania

Aetolia-Acarnania

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, West Greece, Greece

Greece

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Xiromero

Xiromero

Xiromero is a municipality in the Aetolia-Acarnania peripheral unit, West Greece Periphery, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Astakos.-Municipality:...

, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located on the eastern shore of the Ionian Sea

Ionian Sea

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 but small hills to the west of the town block its view of the nearby islands. The place was founded in the ancient times. It is located on a road linking Agios Nikolaos and GR-5 near Mesolonghi slightly east of Aitolikon. In the Byzantine Era

Byzantine Empire

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, the town was known as Dragamesti. A tiny bay can be found south of Astakos. It is located SSE of Lefkada

Lefkada

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 and Preveza

Preveza

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, S of Arta

Arta, Greece

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, SW of Amphilochia, W of Agrinion and NW of Aitolikon and Mesolonghi.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Astakos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Agrampela
• Astakos (Astakos, Valti)
• Bampini
• Karaiskakis
• Machaira
• Chrysovitsa
• Palaiomanina
• Prodromos
• Skourtou
• Strongylovouni (Strongylovouni, Manina Vlizianon)
• Vasilopoulo
• Vliziana

Historical population

Year	Municipal district	Municipality
1981	2,724	-
1991	2,459	8,210
2001	2,560	7,330

See also

• Communities of Aetolia-Acarnania
• Astacus
  Astacus
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  , the scientific name of the crayfish
• Astakos Plaki
• List of cities in ancient Epirus