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'Astakos' (Greek: Αστακός), (which means ''lobster'' in Greek) is a community and a municipality located on the eastern shore of the Ionian Sea but small hills inhibit the view of the place and it 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 Mesolonghi slightly east of Aitolikon. In the Byzantine Era, the town was known as Dragamesti. A tiny bay can be found south of Astakos. It is located SSE of Lefkada and Preveza, S of Arta, SW of Amphilochia, W of Agrinion and NW of Aitolikon and Mesolonghi.

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Nearest places

Communities

Historical population

Persons

External links

See also

Nearest places

★ Karaiskaki NNW

★ Vasilopoulo NE

Communities

★ Agrampela

★ 'Astakos'

★ Bampini

★ Karaiskaki

★ Machera

★ Chrysovitsa

★
★ Kato Chrysovitsa

★ Palaiomanina

★ Prodromos

★ Skourtou

★ Strongilovouni

★ Vasilopoulo

★ Vliziana

Historical population

Year	Communal population	Change	Municipal population	Change
1981	2,724	-	-	-
1991	2,459	-265/-9.73%	8,210	-
2001	2,560	101/4.11%	7,330	-880/-10.72%

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 can be seen to the north and northeast.

Persons

★ Leo Leandros (b. 1926). a famous singer and composer

External links

★ Mapquest - Astakos, street map data not yet available

★ Coordinates:

★ http://www.astakos.com

★ http://www.astakos.com.gr (in Greek)

See also

★ Communities of Aetolia-Acarnania

★ Astacus, the scientific name of the crayfish

★ Astakos Plaki