Astakos
Sign in to saveAstakos (, meaning "lobster") is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Xiromero, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 345.099 km2. It is located on a bay on the eastern shore of the Ionian Sea, near the southern end of the Acarnanian Mountains. It takes its name from the ancient Acarnanian town Astacus ( - Astakos), and was named Dragamesti in the Middle Ages. It is speculated to be the site of ancient Dulichium.
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Astakos
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Αστακός
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Astakou.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- West Greece
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Aetolia-Acarnania
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Xiromero
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 5719
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 2617
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 345.1
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 10
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 300 06
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 26460
- Greek Dimos.licence
- AI, ME
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Astakos0197.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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Astakos (, meaning "lobster") is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Xiromero, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 345.099 km2. It is located on a bay on the eastern shore of the Ionian Sea, near the southern end of the Acarnanian Mountains. It takes its name from the ancient Acarnanian town Astacus ( - Astakos), and was named Dragamesti in the Middle Ages. It is speculated to be the site of ancient Dulichium.
It is 16 km southeast of Kalamos (island), 30 km southwest of Agrinio, 35 km northwest of Missolonghi and 55 km southeast of Preveza.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Astakos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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