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Astakos

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Subdivisions
Economy
Historical population
Noteworthy Persons
See also
External links
References

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Astakos ({{lang-el|Αστακός}}, 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.^[1] The municipal unit has an area of 345.099 km².^[2] 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 ({{lang-grc|Ἄστακος}} - Astakos),^[3] 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.

Subdivisions

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

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

Economy

The city has a port able to hold ferries. The countryside mainly produces wheat, corn and few grapes. Fishing is an important source of income.

Historical population

Year	Community	Municipal unit
1981	2,724	-
1991	2,459	8,210
2001	2,560	7,330
2011	2,732	6,578

Noteworthy Persons

Leo Leandros (b. 1926), singer and composer
Astakos is also the birthplace of the fictional characters Xeones, Diomache, and Bruxieus in Steven Pressfield's novel Gates of Fire. Cousins Xeones and Diomache, and Bruxieus, their tutor, all survive the sack of Astakos by Argos (cir. 500 BC); Xeones later becomes a perioikoi of Sparta and serves at the Battle of Thermopylae as a squire to the Spartiate Dienekes.{{Sfn|Gates of Fire (novel)|loc=Chapter 1}}

External links

Municipality of Astakos {{el icon}}

References

1. ^Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior {{el icon}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archivedate=2015-09-21 }}
3. ^{{cite DGRG|title=Astacus}}

2 : Populated places in Aetolia-Acarnania|Acarnania

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