Konopina
Konopina is a village and a community in the Medeon municipal unit, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. It is surrounded by the villages of Katouna, Kompotí, Aetos and Papadatou.- Type: Locality with 310 residents
- Description: village in Greece
- Also known as: “Konopina, Aitoloakarnania”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Medeon.
Medeon
Archaeological site
Photo: Spiros Baracos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Medeon or Medion was a town in the interior of ancient Acarnania, on the road from Stratus and Phytia to Limnaea on the Ambraciot Gulf. Thucydides mentions that it was crossed by the Spartan army during the Peloponnesian War, under the command of Eurylochus, between Phytia and Limnaea, on its march to Battle of Olpae in 426 BCE. Medeon is situated 3 km north of Konopina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Katouna and Stanos.
Katouna
Village
Katouna is a settlement in the regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. Its population at the 2021 census was 1,634. It has a large number of shops, cafes, a bank and school and so serves as the central settlement for the surrounding region. Katouna is situated 3½ km north of Konopina.
Stanos
Village
Photo: Geo 69, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stanos is a village, which is situated 7 km northeast of Konopina.
Archontochori
Village
Photo: Lemur12, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Archontochori is a village, which is situated 10 km southwest of Konopina.
Konopina
- Category: village
- Location: Aktio-Vonitsa, West Central Greece, West Greece, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Greek to Turkish—“Konopina” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Konopína”
- Greek: “Κονοπίνα”
- Greek: “Κωνωπίνα Αιτωλοακαρνανίας”
- Turkish: “Konopina, Aitoloakarnania”
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