Agrinio (Greek, Modern: Αγρίνιο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), older form: Agrinion, Latin: Agrinium is the largest town and a municipality of the Aitolia-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 the 19th century, 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 .

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.

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).

Persons

• Giovas Vlachiotis , a person where he fought on the Greek side during the Greek War of Independence, he did not make it, his son Michail continued to fight against the Turks.

External links

• Agrinio: notes on the town
• http://www.agrinio.net/

See also

• Communities of Aitolia-Acarnania
• Agrinium aluminum , a fictional element in Star Wars