Agrinio (Greek: Αγρίνιο, pronounced [aˈɣrinio], Latin: Agrinium) is the biggest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit of Greece and also its biggest community, with 106,053 residents. It is the affordable facility of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its funding is the community of Mesolonghi. The negotiation dates back to ancient times. Ancient Agrinion was 3 kilometres (2 miles) northeast of the present city; some walls as well as foundations of which have been dug deep into. In medieval times and also up until 1836, the city was called Vrachori (Βραχώρι).
The majority of the neighborhood population was inhabited for a vital amount of time in the tobacco sector, from the last decades of 19th till the end of the 20th century. Huge tobacco business were founded in the city, consisting of the well-known Papastratos, together with Panagopoulos and Papapetrou. Agrinion is additionally agriculturally recognized for its production of Agrinion olives.
Classical times
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According to mythology, the ancient city of Agrinio (positioned in the location of Megali Chora) was constructed by king Agrios, kid of Portheus [2] as well as a great grand son of Aetolos (king of Plevron and also Calydon) around 1600-1100 BC. The community, constructed near the financial institutions of river Achelous (the natural boundary between Aetolia and also Acarnania), was claimed by both states throughout ancient times. Agrinio entered of the Aetolian League as well as it was later on destroyed by Cassander in 314 BC during the Organization's battles against the Kingdom of Macedonia.
Ottoman Era
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The city re-emerges throughout the Footrest duration with the name Vrachori as well as in addition to its Greek populace it was also occupied by lots of Turks (Muslims). In 1585 it was deserted throughout the revolt of Theodoros Migas. At the beginning of the 18th century it ended up being the administrative centre of Aetolia-Acarnania (then as the sanjak of Karleli), relied on the imperial hareems. Vrachori joined the Greek Change and also was momentarily liberated, by an army team led by Alexakis Vlachopoulos, on June 11, 1821. In August 1822, while Reşid Mehmed Pasha's (Kütahi) soldiers were marching in the direction of Vrachori, its people made a decision to melt and evacuate their city, complying with the method of scorched planet. The deserted city was recaptured by the Turks. The city was finally consisted of in the borders of the newborn Greek state permanently in 1832 with the Treaty of Constantinople (July 9, 1832) as well as was ΕΠΙΚΑΙΡΟΤΗΤΑ ΑΓΡΙΝΙΟ renamed after its old name, Agrinion.
Modern Period
Xmas Central Square
Papastratos warehouses
Sight of the city
Central square
In the years complying with the liberation, Agrinio went through a crucial development and advancement, especially at the end of the 19th century and also the dawn of the 20th. After the Greco-Turkish Battle as well as the Asia Minor Disaster, several evacuees from Asia Minor (western Turkey) showed up in the city and also cleared up in the area of Agios Konstantinos. At the exact same duration there was a crucial interior migration to Agrinio from the entire Aetolia-Acarnania area, in addition to immigration from the areas of Epirus as well as Evrytania.
During the Interwar period, in spite of affordable crisis, works of infrastructure took place in the city, like the paving of streets as well as the installation of electrical power, while a water tower was set up in 1930. At the very same time excavations disclosed the old city of Agrinion. Growth and success returned after World War II as well as the Greek Civil War. This growth was improved by the building of 2 major hydroelectric dam installments at Kremasta as well as Kastraki, on the north of the city. The tobacco sector and also olive tree cultivation ended up being the major earnings sources of the city.