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Agrapidokampos ( el, Αγραπιδόκαμπος) is a settlement forming part of the community of
Makyneia Makyneia ( el, Μακύνεια) is a seaside village and a community in Nafpaktia, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. According to the 2011 census, the village had 377 inhabitants, and the community, which also includes the villages Agrapidokampos, A ...
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Aetolia-Acarnania Aetolia-Acarnania ( el, Αιτωλοακαρνανία, ''Aitoloakarnanía'', ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the geographic region of Central Greece and the administrative region of West Greece. A combination of the histor ...
,
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. At the 2011 census, it had 7 inhabitants. The village is located 5 km north of Makyneia, 8 km northwest of
Antirrio Antirrio ( el, links=no, Αντίρριο, pronounced , la, links=no, Antirrhium) is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nafpaktia, of wh ...
and 10 km west of
Nafpaktos Nafpaktos ( el, Ναύπακτος) is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, situated on a bay on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, west of the mouth of the river Mornos. It is named for Naupaktos (, Latinize ...
.


History

The name of the village literally means the "field of wild
pears Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in the Northern Hemisphere in late summer into October. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus ''Pyrus'' , in the family Rosaceae, bearing the po ...
". Ancient ruins have been preserved on the ridge between Agrapidokampos and Velvina, in the area named Elliniko.Prasino+Ble (Green+Blue) - Periodic edition for the environment
, Embros Newspaper, July–August 2009
Agrapidokampos was a village of the earlier municipality of Nafpaktos until 1912, when it became part of the community of Riza (Makyneia). In 1989, Agrapidokampos became part of the municipality of Antirrio which is a municipal unit of
Nafpaktia Nafpaktia ( el, Ναυπακτία), Latinized Naupactia, is the historical name for the region around the port town of Nafpaktos (Naupactus) in Central Greece. It is also the name of a municipality in the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit, West G ...
since 2011.


Historical population


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Velvina-Ancient town of Velvina (Ellinika)-Agrapidokampos - Ancient Theatre of Makyneia
{{in lang, el Populated places in Aetolia-Acarnania Nafpaktia