Agrinio (Greek: Αγρίνιο, articulated [aˈɣrinio], Latin: Agrinium) is the biggest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit of Greece as well as its largest community, with 106,053 occupants. It is the economical facility of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its resources is the town of Mesolonghi. The negotiation goes back to ancient times. Ancient Agrinion was 3 kilometres (2 miles) northeast of the present city; some wall surfaces as well as structures of which have actually been excavated. In middle ages times and until 1836, the city was referred to as Vrachori (Βραχώρι).
The majority of the neighborhood populace was inhabited for an important amount of time in the tobacco sector, from the last decades of 19th till the end of the 20th century. Huge cigarette firms were founded in the city, consisting of the renowned Papastratos, along with Panagopoulos as well as Papapetrou. Agrinion is additionally agriculturally recognized for its manufacturing of Agrinion olives.
Classical times
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Stratos ancient cinema
According to mythology, the old city of Agrinio (located in the location of Megali Chora) was constructed by king Agrios, son of Portheus [2] and also a great grand son of Aetolos (king of Plevron and also Calydon) around 1600-1100 BC. The community, built near the financial institutions of river Achelous (the natural boundary in between Aetolia as well as Acarnania), was asserted by both states throughout ancient times. Agrinio became member of the Aetolian Organization and it was later on ruined by Cassander in 314 BC throughout the League's battles versus the Kingdom of Macedonia.
Footrest Era
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The city re-emerges during the Ottoman duration with the name Vrachori as well as aside from its Greek populace it was additionally occupied by lots of Turks (Muslims). In 1585 it was deserted during the rebellion of Theodoros Migas. At the start of the 18th century it came to be the management centre of Aetolia-Acarnania (after that as the sanjak of Karleli), relied on the royal hareems. Vrachori participated in the Greek Transformation as well as 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 towards Vrachori, its residents determined to melt and evacuate their city, complying with the technique of scorched planet. The deserted city was recaptured by the Turks. The city was finally included in the borders of the newborn Greek state http://edition.cnn.com/search/?text=ΑΓΡΙΝΙΟ ΝΕΑ permanently in 1832 with the Treaty of Constantinople (July 9, 1832) as well as was renamed after its ancient name, Agrinion.
Modern Age
Xmas Central Square
Papastratos storehouses
View of the city
Central square
In the years adhering to the freedom, Agrinio experienced an important development and also growth, especially at the end of the 19th century as well as the dawn of the 20th. After the Greco-Turkish War and the Asia Minor Disaster, lots of evacuees from Asia Minor (western Turkey) arrived in the city as well as resolved in the district of Agios Konstantinos. At the same duration there was an essential inner migration to Agrinio from the entire Aetolia-Acarnania area, together with migration from the areas of Epirus as well as Evrytania.
During the ΑΓΡΙΝΙΟ ΝΕΑ Interwar duration, despite affordable dilemma, jobs of framework took place in the city, like the paving of roads as well as the installation of electrical energy, while a water tower was installed in 1930. At the exact same time excavations revealed the old city of Agrinion. Development and also success returned after World War II as well as the Greek Civil Battle. This growth was increased by the structure of 2 significant hydroelectric dam installations at Kremasta and Kastraki, on the north of the city. The tobacco industry and also olive tree growing came to be the main income resources of the city.