Agios Polykarpos, Aetolia-Acarnania
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Agios Polykarpos () is a seaside settlement in
Nafpaktia Nafpaktia (), 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 Greece region, Greece. ...
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Aetolia-Acarnania Aetolia-Acarnania (, ''Aitoloakarnanía'', ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the geographic regions of Greece, geographic region of Central Greece (geographic region), Central Greece and the administrative regions of Greece, ...
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, located 6 km west of
Antirrio Antirrio (, pronounced , ) is a town and 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 Nafpaktia, of which it is a mu ...
and 15 km southwest of
Nafpaktos Nafpaktos () or Naupactus, is a town and a former municipality in Nafpaktia, 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 ...
. According to the 2021 census, it had 26 inhabitants.


Description

The settlement is named after the church of Saint Polycarpus. In 1981, Agios Polykarpos became a settlement of the community of
Makyneia Makyneia () is a seaside village and a community in Nafpaktia, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. The community includes the villages Agrapidokampos, Agios Polykarpos and Riza. Makyneia is situated on the northeast coast of the Gulf of Patras, 4.5&nbs ...
. In 1989, Agios Polykarpos became part of the municipality of Antirrio, which is a municipal unit of the municipality of
Nafpaktia Nafpaktia (), 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 Greece region, Greece. ...
since 2011.


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