Municipality of Aktio and Vonitsa

Acarnania (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαρνανία, romanized: Akarnanía) is a region of west-central Greece that lies along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia, with the Achelous River for a boundary, and north of the gulf of Calydon, which is the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth. Today it forms the western part of the regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania. The capital and principal city in ancient times was Stratos.

Anaktorio (Greek: Ανακτόριο) is a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Aktio-Vonitsa, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 214.112 km². The municipal unit is mainly flat and has a total population of 7,534 residents according to the 2021 census, more than half of which are found in the town of Vonitsa.The municipality was named after the ancient city of Anactorium.

Achyra (Greek: Αχυρά) is a village and a community in the Medeon municipal unit, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. It was originally situated on a mountain slope, 7 km west of Katouna, 13 km east of Palairos and 37 km northwest of Agrinio but at some point in the 20th century a landslide took away part of the village and it was subsequently moved to its present location on the outskirts of Katouna.

Euripus or Euripos (Ancient Greek: Εὔριπος) was a town in ancient Acarnania. It is known mainly through epigraphic evidence, including the appointment of theorodokoi of the place is mentioned towards the year 356/5 BCE to host theoroi of Epidaurus and also in another entry dated in the period 331/0-313 BCE to receive the theoroi of Nemea. It was a member of the Acarnanian League in the 3rd century BCE. It is also mentioned in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax.

Medeon (Ancient Greek: Μεδεών) or Medion (Μεδίων) was a town in the interior of ancient Acarnania, on the road from Stratus and Phytia (or Phoeteiae) to Limnaea on the Ambraciot Gulf. Thucydides mentions that it was crossed by the Spartan army during the Peloponnesian War, under the command of Eurylochus, between Phytia and Limnaea, on its march to Battle of Olpae in 426 BCE. It was one of the few towns in the interior of the country which maintained its independence against the Aetolians after the death of Alexander the Great. At length, in 231 BCE, the Aetolians laid siege to Medeon with a large force, and had reduced it to great distress, when they were attacked by a body of Illyrian mercenaries, who had been sent by sea by Demetrius, king of Macedonia, in order to relieve the place. The Aetolians were defeated, and obliged to retreat with the loss of their camp, arms, and baggage. Medeon is again mentioned in 191 BCE, as one of the Acarnanian towns, of which Antiochus, king of Syria, obtained possession in that year.

Thyrium or Thyrion (Ancient Greek: Θύριον), or Thyreum or Thyreon (Θύρεον), or Thurium or Thourion (Θούριον), or Thyrreium or Thyrreion (Θύρρειον), was a city in ancient Acarnania. Cicero tells us that in sailing from Alyzia to Leucas, he touched at Thyrium, where he remained two hours; and from this statement, as well as from the history of the events in which Thyrium is mentioned, we may infer that it was situated on or near the Ionian Sea, and that it was the first town on the coast south of the channel which separated Leucas from the mainland.

Torybeia (Ancient Greek: Τορύβεια) was a city in ancient Acarnania. It is known mainly through epigraphic evidence. Mention is made of the appointment of theorodokos of Torybeia, about the year 356/5 BCE to receive the theoroi of Epidaurus and also an inscription dated to around 330 BCE to accommodate those of Argos. It was one of the cities belonging to the Acarnanian League around 272 BCE.

Nericus or Nerikos (Ancient Greek: Νήρικος), also known as Neritus or Neritos (Νήρῐτος), was a well-fortified town on the mainland of ancient Acarnania across from Leucas, mentioned by Homer in the Odyssey. In the middle of the seventh century BC, the Corinthians, under Cypselus, founded a new town near the isthmus, which they called Leucas, where they settled 1000 of their citizens, and to which they removed the inhabitants of Nericus. The town must still have existed down to a much later date, as it is mentioned by Thucydides in the context of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides writes that in the year 428 BCE, Athenian troops and Acarnanians under Asopius landed at Nericus, but many Leucadians came to the aid of the town, and Asopius died during the retreat. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Macareus, a companion to Odysseus on his voyages, was from Nericus; Macareus was transformed into a pig by Circe.

The siege of Medion was a siege carried out by the Aetolian League in 231 BC against the Ancient Greek city of Medion in Acarnania. The siege triggered an invasion by an Illyrian relief force and ended in the Battle of Medion with an Aetolian defeat.

The A52 motorway, also known as the Amvrakia Odos (Greek: Αμβρακία Οδός), is a branch of the A5 Ionia Odos motorway in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. The A52 is an important motorway for the tourist region of the Ambracian Gulf. Its construction should have been finished until 2012, however the crisis in the country delayed its completion. The Motorway connects the Airport of Aktio the Island of Lefkada and the A5 motorway. The construction started In July 2009. It will be 48,5 km long and it will have 4 lanes (2+2) with hard shoulder and median, but without emergency lane. As of 2022, the two separate sections (Vonitsa - Aktio with a length of 15 km and Ionia Odos motorway - Loutraki with a length of 17 km) are operational, having been opened to traffic in 2019 and 2022 respectively. The other two sections were finished in January 2024.

National Road 42 (Greek: Εθνική Οδός 42) is a highway in northwestern Aetolia-Acarnania and in Lefkada, Greece. It links the town of Lefkada with the Greek National Road 5 (Antirrio - Arta - Ioannina) in Amfilochia, passing through the town of Vonitsa.

Actium or Aktion (Ancient Greek: Ἄκτιον) was a town on a promontory in ancient Acarnania at the entrance of the Ambraciot Gulf, off which Octavian gained his celebrated victory, the Battle of Actium, over Antony and Cleopatra, on September 2, 31 BC.

Aktio–Vonitsa (Greek: Άκτιο-Βόνιτσα) is a municipality in the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit of the West Greece region of Greece. Its seat is the town of Vonitsa. The municipality has an area of 660.172 km².

Palairos (Greek: Πάλαιρος) is an ancient city and a modern town in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. The modern village is also known locally by the name of Zaverda (Ζαβέρδα), in official use till 1928. Since the 2011 local government reform Palairos is part of the municipality Aktio-Vonitsa, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 205.843 km². The municipal unit was formed as the independent municipality Kekropia in 1994 from the former communities Palairos and Pogonia, and was expanded with the former communities Vatos, Plagia and Peratia as a part of the 1997 Kapodistrias reform. The name of the municipal unit was changed to Palairos in 2004.

Aktion National Airport (IATA: PVK, ICAO: LGPZ) is an airport serving Preveza and Lefkada in Greece. It is also known as Preveza Airport. It is also used by NATO and Hellenic Air Force Command. The airport commenced operations in 1968.

Vonitsa (Greek: Βόνιτσα) is a town in the northwestern part of Aetolia-Acarnania in Greece, seat of the municipality of Aktio-Vonitsa. The beach town is situated on the south coast of the Ambracian Gulf, and is dominated by a Venetian fortress on a hill. Vonitsa is 13 kilometres (8 miles) southeast of Preveza, 18 kilometres (11 miles) northeast of the city of Lefkada and 90 kilometres (56 miles) northwest of Agrinio. The Greek National Road 42 (Lefkada - Amfilochia) passes through Vonitsa.

Medeon (Greek: Μεδεών) is a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality of Aktio-Vonitsa, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 213.217 km². Its population was 3,311 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Katouna. Medeon was named after the nearby ancient city of Medeon.

The Acarnanian Mountains (Greek: Ακαρνανικά όρη, Akarnanika ori) is a mountain range in the northwestern part of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit in western Greece. It stretches from the village Monastiraki, near Vonitsa, in the north to Astakos in the south, with a total length of nearly 40 km. The Ionian Sea lies to the west.

Sollium or Sollion (Ancient Greek: Σόλλιον), was a town on the coast of ancient Acarnania, on the Ionian Sea. It was in the neighbourhood of Palaerus, which lay between Leucas and Alyzia. William Martin Leake, however, placed it south of Alyzia, at Stravolimióna (i.e., Port Stravo). Sollium was a Corinthian colony, and as such was taken by the Athenians in the first year of the Peloponnesian War (431 BCE). The Athenians gave both the place and its territory to Palaerus. It is again mentioned in 426 BCE, as the place at which Demosthenes landed when he resolved to invade Aetolia.

Katouna is a settlement in the regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. Its population at the 2021 census was 1,634. It has a large number of shops, cafes, a bank and school and so serves as the central settlement for the surrounding region. Between 1836 and 1912 it was the seat of the municipality Echinos. In 1912 it became an independent community, which was elevated to a municipality in 1986. In 1997 it was merged into the new municipality Medeon, of which it was the seat. In 2010 it was merged into the new Aktio-Vonitsa municipality. Residents until recently were cultivating tobacco.

Anactorium or Anaktorion (Ancient Greek: Ἀνακτόριον) was a town in ancient Acarnania, situated on a promontory on the Ambraciot Gulf. On entering the Ambraciot Gulf from the Ionian Sea it was the first town in Acarnania after Actium, from which it was distant 40 stadia, and which was in the territory of Anactorium. This town was for some time one of the most important places in this part of Greece.

Drymos, Aetolia-Acarnania is a settlement located in the municipality of Aktio-Vonitsa, roughly between the cities of Amfilochia and Vonitsa. It is near the ancient town of Drymus. Recent archaeological excavations have uncovered an early Christian basilica on the outer perimeter of the settlement.

Konopina (Greek: Κωνωπίνα) is a village and a community in the Medeon municipal unit, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. It is surrounded by the villages of Katouna, Kompotí, Aetos and Papadatou.

Loutraki is a seaside settlement in the Aktio-Vonitsa Municipality of the regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. It has a very small resident population as most house owners are from the nearby village of Katouna, and use the area as their summer or seasonal residence, linked to the seasonal cultivation of olives, or earlier in the century of tobacco crops.

The Temple of Apollo Aktios, or the Temple of Actian Apollo was a Greco-Roman temple located at Actium, at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf in northwestern Greece. First established by the Corinthian colony of Anaktorium around 625 BCE, it was located on a hill and within its sanctuary according to Strabo and served as a focal point of the cult of Apollo Aktios, a god associated with the sea and navigation. In particular, the site gained prominence after the pivotal Battle of Actium in 31 BCE when Octavian (later Emperor Augustus) defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII. To commemorate his victory, Octavian expanded the temple. Archaeological investigations have revealed evidence of three distinct construction phases, reflecting the site's evolution from its archaic origins to the Roman period.

El Museo Arqueológico de Tirreo es un museo de Grecia ubicado en la localidad de Tirreo, perteneciente a la región de Acarnania. Fue creado en 1961 por iniciativa del arqueólogo Eftimios Mastrokostas.

Για λήμμα με το ίδιο όνομα, δείτε τον οικισμό Βαγιά Θεσσαλονίκης

Η Μονή Αγίου Δημητρίου Πάλαιρου βρίσκεται στην περιφερειακή ενότητα Αιτωλοακαρνανίας και το δήμο Ακτίου - Βόνιτσας. Απέχει 23 χλμ. νότια από τη Βόνιτσα και 6,5 Ν.-ΝΔ. από την Πάλαιρο. Είναι κτισμένη στους πρόποδες της δυτικής οροσειράς των Ακαρνανικών Ορέων (Σερέκας) σε υψόμετρο 260. Η γύρω περιοχή είναι κατάφυτη από ελιές και πυκνή βλάστηση και έχει θέα προς τη Λευκάδα, Μεγανήσι, Κάλαμο. Ιδρύθηκε το 1752 και υπήρξε σημαντικό λατρευτικό κέντρο της περιοχής. Το καθολικό της μονής χρονολογείται περίπου στα 1700 και το εσωτερικό του είναι διακοσμημένο με αγιογραφίες από καλό καλλιτέχνη, αλλοιωμένες όμως από την υγρασία και την αιθάλη. Πρόκειται για πέτρινη εκκλησία, μονόχωρη βασιλική, με κεραμιδωτή στέγη και δίλοβο αετωματικό καμπαναριό, Από το 1966 το μοναστήρι έχει κηρυχθεί ιστορικό διατηρητέο μνημείο

Η Νήσσα (καμία φορά γράφεται και Νύσσα) είναι ποταμός στο Νομό Αιτωλοακαρνανίας στην Ελλάδα, ο οποίος πηγάζει από τα Ακαρνανικά όρη και ρέει προς βορρά, όπου εκβάλλει στον Αμβρακικό κόλπο, μεταξύ του Λουτρακίου και του Δρυμού. Κατεβάζει νερό όλο το χρόνο και παλαιότερα τροφοδοτούσε προ-βιομηχανικούς νερόμυλους τα ερείπια των οποίων παραμένουν διάσπαρτα στην περιοχή. Περιβάλλεται από αισθητικό πλατανόδασος και το νερό του ποταμού είναι υψηλής περιεκτικότητας σε γύψο.

Η Κορπή είναι οικισμός της Στερεάς Ελλάδας στην Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Αιτωλοακαρνανίας.

Για οικισμούς με ίδιο όνομα στην Αιτωλοακαρνανία, δείτε: Αγία Βαρβάρα Αιτωλοακαρνανίας

Η Αγία Βαρβάρα Παλαίρου είναι χωριό της τοπικής κοινότητας Περατιάς, της δημοτικής ενότητας (τέως δήμου) Παλαίρου, του δήμου Ακτίου - Βόνιτσας, της περιφερειακής ενότητας (τέως νομού) Αιτωλοακαρνανίας, στην περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας, σύμφωνα με το πρόγραμμα Καλλικράτης. Πρίν το πρόγραμμα Καλλικράτης και το σχέδιο Καποδίστριας, ανήκε στην επαρχία Βονίτσης και Ξηρομέρου του νομού Αιτωλοακαρνανίας, στο γεωγραφικό διαμέρισμα Στερεάς Ελλάδας.

Psilí Koryfí är en bergstopp i Grekland. Den ligger i prefekturen Nomós Aitolías kai Akarnanías och regionen Västra Grekland, i den centrala delen av landet, 250 km väster om huvudstaden Aten. Toppen på Psilí Koryfí är 1 454 meter över havet, eller 57 meter över den omgivande terrängen. Bredden vid basen är 0,63 km.

Kókkala tai Kokkála (kreik. Λίμνη Κόκκαλα/Κοκκάλα, Límni Kókkala/Kokkála) eli Kokkálan laguuni (Λιμνοθάλασσα Κοκκάλα) on laguunimainen järvi läntisessä Keski-Kreikassa. Se sijaitsee Áktion niemellä Áktio-Vónitsan kunnassa Aitolia-Akarnanian alueyksikössä Länsi-Kreikan alueella lähellä Joonianmeren rantaa. Järven pinta-ala on 0,245 neliökilometriä ja ympärysmitta noin 2,7 kilometriä. Heti järven eteläpuolella sijaitsee Áktion lentoasema.

Ο Τρύφος (ή η Τρύφου) είναι χωριό του δήμου Ακτίου - Βόνιτσας, στην Αιτωλοακαρνανία. Σύμφωνα με την απογραφή του 2011 έχει 635 κατοίκους και σύμφωνα με το σχέδιο Καλλικράτης αποτελεί την Τοπική κοινότητα Τρύφου που ανήκει στη Δημοτική Ενότητα Μεδεώνος.

Το Μοναστηράκι είναι οικισμός της Στερεάς Ελλάδας στην Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Αιτωλοακαρνανίας.

Η Βουλκαριά είναι λίμνη της Στερεάς Ελλάδας που βρίσκεται στο βορειοδυτικό άκρο του νομού Αιτωλοακαρνανίας, πάνω στην διαδρομή από την Βόνιτσα στη Λευκάδα. Καταλαμβάνει έκταση 9,2 τ.χλμ. έχει μέγιστο μήκος 4 χλμ. και μέγιστο πλάτος 3,5 χλμ. Η επιφάνεια της λίμνης βρίσκεται λίγο ψηλότερα από την επιφάνεια της θάλασσας. Η λίμνη είναι ιδιαίτερα ρηχή με το μέγιστο βάθος της να φτάνει τα 2,9 μέτρα.

Για οικισμούς με το ίδιο όνομα, δείτε: Άγιος Νικόλαος (ελληνικά τοπωνύμια).

Το Κάστρο Αετού είναι κάστρο βυζαντινών χρόνων στην Αιτωλοακαρνανία κοντά στο χωριό Αετός στην περιοχή του Ξηρομέρου. Βρίσκεται χτισμένο στην κορυφή λόφου σε 443 μέτρα ύψος που ελέγχει τον κάμπο του Ξηρομέρου. Είναι προσβάσιμο μόνο από τα βόρεια, στις υπόλοιπες πλευρές του περιβάλλεται από γκρεμό. Σήμερα διασώζεται ερειπωμένο το τείχος του, δεξαμενές νερού και ερείπια εκκλησίας.

Η Κομπωτή είναι χωριό του Δήμου Ακτίου-Βόνιτσας στον Νομό Αιτωλοακαρνανίας. Σύμφωνα με την απογραφή του 2011, η Κομπωτή έχει 396 κατοίκους. Βρίσκεται στην τοποθεσία Πέρσεβος, σε υψόμετρο 472 μέτρων από την επιφάνεια της θάλασσας και ανήκει στην δημοτική ενότητα Μεδεώνος, η οποία αποτελούσε ανεξάρτητο δήμο με πρωτεύουσα την Κατούνα μέχρι το 2010 που εφαρμόσθηκε το πρόγραμμα "Καλλικράτης". Πρωτεύουσα του δήμου είναι πλέον η Βόνιτσα ενώ στην ίδια δημοτική ενότητα με την Κομπωτή ανήκουν επίσης η Κατούνα, ο Αετός, τα Αχυρά, η Κονοπίνα, ο Τρύφος και το Λουτράκι.

To Θύριο ή Θύρρειο είναι χωριό της Στερεάς Ελλάδας στην Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Αιτωλοακαρνανίας.

Η λίμνη Σαλτίνη είναι λίμνη της Στερεάς Ελλάδας που βρίσκεται στο βορειοδυτικό άκρο του νομού Αιτωλοακαρνανίας. Βρίσκεται 1 μέτρο πάνω από την επιφάνεια της θάλασσας και η έκτασή της είναι 0,11 τ.χλμ. Το περιβάλλον γύρω από τη λίμνη Σαλτίνη αποτελείται από κυρίως αραιό και συχνά χαμηλά αναπτυσσόμενο υποτροπικό δάσος.

The Castle of Santa Maura (Greek: Κάστρο της Αγίας Μαύρας) is a fortress on the northeastern tip of the Greek island of Lefkada. The castle began as a small fortification in c. 1300 to control access to the island, before it was expanded to become a walled town and the island's capital by the early 15th century. The Ottoman Empire took possession in 1479, and a century later rebuilt and enlarged it, giving it largely its present shape. A sizeable town grew outside the castle walls by the 1670s.

Drymus or Drymos (Ancient Greek: Δρυμός) was a town in ancient Acarnania.

Mikrí Saltíni (kreik. Μικρή Σαλτίνη) eli Komíti (Κομήτη) on laguunimainen järvi läntisessä Keski-Kreikassa. Sen pinta-ala on 0,188 neliökilometriä ja ympäryysmitta 2,16 kilometriä.