Makryneia ( el, Μακρυνεία) is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 ...

West Greece Western Greece Region ( el, Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας, translit=Periféria Dhitikís Elládhas, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It comprises the western part of continental Greece and the north ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Agrinio Agrinio ( Greek: Αγρίνιο, , Latin: ''Agrinium'') is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit of Greece and its largest municipality, with 106,053 inhabitants. It is the economical center of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its c ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 149.687 km². Population 3,681 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in Gavalou. The municipal unit is located south and southeast of

Lake Trichonida Lake Trichonida ( el, Λίμνη Τριχωνίδα ''Limni Trichonida'', Ancient Greek: Τριχωνίς ''Trichonis'') is the largest natural lake in Greece. It is situated in the eastern part of Aetolia-Acarnania, southeast of the city of Agrin ...

, and northwest of the mountain

Arakynthos Arakynthos (Greek language, Greek: Αράκυνθος) is a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Agrinio, of ...

. There are farmlands near the lake shore, and forests on the mountain slopes. Makryneia is southeast of Agrinio, northeast of

Missolonghi Missolonghi or Messolonghi ( el, Μεσολόγγι, ) is a municipality of 34,416 people (according to the 2011 census) in western Greece. The town is the capital of Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit, and the seat of the municipality of Iera Polis ...

and northwest of

Naupactus 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 (, Latini ...

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Makryneia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Agios Andreas or Bourlesia (Agios Andreas, Ano Metapa) * Akres or Lithovouni (Akres, Saranti, Varka) *Dafnias (Dafnias, Palaiozefgaro) * Gavalou (Gavalou, Kourtelaiika) * Kato Makrinou *Kapsorachi (Kapsorachi, Palaiochori) * Makrinou (Makrinou, Agia Triada, Agioi Apostoloi, Kypseli, Metaxas) *Mesarista (Mesarista, Kazanaiika, Paradeisi, Tsiligiannaika) *Potamoula Trichonidas *Trichonio

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