Velvina, Aetolia-Acarnania
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Velvina () is a village and a community in the municipal unit 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 ...
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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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. According to the 2021 census, it had 43 inhabitants. The village is about 9 km west 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 ...
. It is located at the foot of a northeastern foothill of
Klokova Klokova (, also known as ''Paliovouna'' (Παλιοβούνα)) is a mountain in the southeast of Aetolia-Acarnania, in western Greece. In classical antiquity, the mountain was known as ''Taphiassus'' (Ταφιασσός). Its highest point is 1, ...
and is on the right bank of the creek named Varia. In the vicinity toward the south is the ancient city of Molykreio, where an ancient temple is located.


History

Formerly part of the municipality of Nafpaktos, it became part of the community of Moui Agiou Georgiou (renamed to
Molykreio Molykreio () is a village and a community in Nafpaktia, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. The community includes the villages Ano Platanitis, Fragkaiika and Platanitis. The village is about 4 km north of Antirrio and the Rio–Antirrio bridge, an ...
in 1919) in 1912. Velvina became an independent community in 1946. It rejoined the municipality of Nafpaktos in 1997, and became part of the municipality of Nafpaktia in 2011.


Historical population


References


External links


Velvina Nafpaktou

Velvinas Council

Ancient sources of a temple in Elliniko near Velvina (Ancient Molykreio)
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Foteini Saranti, ''From Evinos to Mornos'' (''Από τον Εύηνο έως το Μόρνο'')
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