Astakos was an ancient city near modern-day Izmit, Turkey, see Astakos (ancient city) and another Astakos had a son named Melanippus
Astakos (Greek: Αστακός), Latin: Astacos or Astacus is a community and a municipality located in the eastern part of the Ionian Sea but small hills does not overlook most of the islands. The place was founded in the ancient times. It is located on a road linking Agios Nikolaos and GR-5 near Messolonghi slightly east of Aitoliko. In the Byzantine Era, the town was known as Dragamesti. A tiny bay is south of Astakos. It is located SSE of Lefkada and Preveza, S of Arta and Amfilochia , W of Agrinio and NW of Aitoliko and Messolinghi .
Nearest places
- Karaiskaki NNW
- Vasilopoulo NE
Communities
- Agrampela
- Astakos
- Bambini
- Karaiskaki
- Machera
- Chrysovitsa
- Palaiomanina
- Prodromos
- Skourtou
- Strongilovouni
- Vasilopoulo
- Vliziana
Historical population
| Year | Communal population | Change | Municipal population | Change
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| 1981 | 2,724 | - | - | -
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| 1991 | 2,459 | -265/-9.73% | 8,210 | -
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| 2001 | 2,560 | 101/4.11% | 7,330 | -880/-10.72%
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The community has a school, a gymnasium, a church, a post office, a small port with a small pier and a beach located not far from the centre, and a square (plateia) Much of the municipality and the commune are deforested and rocky while mountains is founded in the north and northeast.
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See also:
- Astacus, the scientific name of the crayfish
- Astakos Plaki
