Agrinio (Greek: Αγρίνιο, pronounced [aˈɣrinio], Latin: Agrinium) is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional device of Greece and its biggest community, with 106,053 occupants. It is the affordable center of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its capital is the community of Mesolonghi. The negotiation goes back to old times. Old Agrinion was 3 kilometres (2 miles) northeast of the present city; some wall surfaces and also structures of which have been dug deep into. In medieval times and until 1836, the city was referred to as Vrachori (Βραχώρι).
The majority of the neighborhood population was inhabited for a crucial period of time in the cigarette market, from the last decades of 19th till completion of the 20th century. Huge cigarette companies were established in the city, consisting of the renowned Papastratos, together with Panagopoulos as well as Papapetrou. Agrinion is also agriculturally understood for its production of Agrinion olives.
Antiquity
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Stratos old movie theater
According to folklore, the ancient city of Agrinio (located in the location of Megali Chora) was built by king Agrios, son of Portheus [2] and also an excellent grandson of Aetolos (king of Plevron and also Calydon) around 1600-1100 BC. The community, built near the financial institutions of river Achelous (the natural border in between Aetolia as well as Acarnania), was asserted by both states throughout ancient times. Agrinio entered of the Aetolian Organization as well as it was later ruined by Cassander in 314 BC throughout the Organization's battles versus the Kingdom of Macedonia.
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The city reappears throughout the Footrest duration with the name Vrachori as well as besides its Greek population it was also inhabited by many Turks (Muslims). In 1585 it was deserted during the revolt of Theodoros Migas. At the start of the 18th century it became the administrative centre of Aetolia-Acarnania (then as the sanjak of Karleli), relied on the royal hareems. Vrachori took part in the Greek Transformation and was briefly liberated, by an army team led by Alexakis Vlachopoulos, on June 11, 1821. In August 1822, while Reşid Mehmed Pasha's (Kütahi) troops were marching towards Vrachori, its citizens decided to melt and also evacuate their city, complying with the approach of scorched planet. The deserted city was regained by the Turks. The city was lastly included in the borders of the newborn Greek state completely in 1832 with the Treaty of Constantinople (July 9, 1832) as well as was renamed after its old name, Agrinion.
Modern Period
Christmas Central Square
Papastratos warehouses
Sight of the city
Central square
In the years complying with the liberation, Agrinio went through a vital growth as well as growth, 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, numerous refugees from Asia Minor (western Turkey) arrived in the city and worked out in the area of Agios Konstantinos. At the same duration there was an essential interior migration to Agrinio from the whole Aetolia-Acarnania area, along with migration from the areas of Epirus and also Evrytania.
During the Interwar period, in spite of economical dilemma, jobs of infrastructure happened in the city, like the paving of roads and also the installation of electrical energy, while a water tower was mounted in 1930. At the very same time excavations disclosed the ancient city of Agrinion. Growth and also prosperity returned after World War II as well as the Greek ΝΕΑ ΑΓΡΙΝΙΟΥ Civil War. This growth was enhanced by the structure of two significant hydroelectric dam installations at Kremasta and Kastraki, on the north of the city. The tobacco sector as well as olive tree farming ended up being the major revenue sources of the city.