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Historical population

Irlandos at 14:43, December 19, 2005

2005-12-19T14:43:00Z

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| [[Prefecture]]: || [[Aetolia-Acarnania]]
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| [[Provinces of Greece|Province]]: || [[Province of Nafpaktia|Nafpaktia]]
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| Location: || {{coor dms|38|19|45|N|21|45|44|E|region:GR}}
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| Population: ([[1991]])  - Total  - Density¹  - Rank||  2,531  -/km² 
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| Communes: || 3
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| Elevation:  -lowest:  -centre:|| sea level 1 m(centre) around 1,100 m
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| [[List of postal codes in Greece|Postal code]]: || 300 20
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| [[Area codes in Greece|Area/distance code]]: || 11-30-[[Greece dialing code 26340|26340]] (030-26340) -3
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| [[Municipal codes in Greece|Municipal code]]: || 0207
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| [[License plates in Greece|Car designation]]: || <code>ME</code>

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'''Antirrio''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Modern, Αντίρριο, also pronounced as: a-DEE-ree-oh, Ancient/[[Katharevousa]]: -n), older spellings '''Antirrio''', '''Antirrion''', '''Antirhion''', '''Antirion''', ancient spelling: '''Antirrhion''', Latin: '''Antirrhium''' is a community lying in a cape which has its closest distance to the [[Peloponnese]] in which the [[Rio-Antirio bridge]] can now access to the [[Peloponnese]] since [[August 2004]] in the prefecture of [[Aitoloakarnania]] and is also a municipality. It is not the southernmost point in the prefecture. The name is a combination of Anti- and [[Rio, Greece|Rio]]. It is now bypassed to the northeast with [[Greece Interstate 5|GR-5]]/[[E55]] with a junction 2 km north with [[Greece Interstate 48|GR-48]]/[[E65]] ([[Amfissa]] - Antirio). Distance from the [[Peloponnese]] is 2.4 km from mainland Greece and Rio is WNW, other distances from the Peloponnese are [[Patras]] about 10 km ENE, about 209 km W of [[Athens]] and NW of [[Aigio]], WSW of [[Amfissa]], SW of [[Nafpaktos]], E of [[Messolonghi]] and SE of [[Agrinio]]. The cape forms the Strait of Rio-Antirio, [[Strait of Rhium]] in ancient times, which separates the [[Gulf of Patras]] in the west and the [[Gulf of Corinth]] in the east.

==Nearest places==

*[[Nafpaktos]] (ENE)

==Communities==

*'''Antirio'''
*[[Molykreio]]
*[[Makyneiou]]

==Historical population==

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! Year !! Communal population !! Change !! Municipal population 
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| [[1981]] || 916 || - || - 
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| [[1991]] || 676 || 1,842/20.44% || 2,531 
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The community has a school, a gymnasium, a church, a post office, a beach, and a square (''plateia'') Residential houses are lined up with the highway and the shoreline. The area is surrounded by farmland in the north and northeast and forests in the northwest.

The Port of Antirio where ferry services began in the [[1960s]] carrying vehicles from the Peloponnese to the Mainland Greece. It was not the only harbor carrying vehicles in the area. Ferry services was almost eliminated when the new Rio-Antirio bridge opened. It was reduced to mainly vehicles that are not allowed on the bridge.

The highway is now bypassed and has tolls in the eastern part. The junction with GR-48 (Antirrio - Amfissa) was slightly west of the village.

Adjacent to the port is a lighthouse and the fortress of [[Antirio Fortress|Antirio]].

A mountain which has a few streams is in the north elevating at around 1,100 m. It is closely shaped like a pyramid but at the upper level is like a pyramid but the ridges' width is longer from north to south and the southwestern part is passed by GR-5 at 100 m above sea level. The other is in the north which is around 500 to 600 m and is mainly grassy and forested. A valley is located north of Antirio and some farms are in the southern half of that mountain especially where the boundary with Nafpaktos are located.

==External links==

*http://www.qsl.net/sv2ael/sv2ael.files/faroi/details/antirio.htm - Lighthouse
*http://www.reiswijs.co.uk/destinations/europe/greece/central-greece/central-greece.html
*[http://members.lycos.co.uk/gmakkas/files/FRA/ Ferry boats of Rio-Antirio]
*[http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=Antirio&country=GR Mapquest - Antirio]
*[http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/greece/map/m1192894/antirhion.html Traveljournals.net - Antirio]
*[http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=3934 GTP - Antirio]
*[http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=3933 GTP - Municipality of Antirio]


 
<table width = 75% border = 2 align="center">
<tr><td width = 35% align="center">
<td width = 30% align="center">'''North:''' [[Nafpaktos]] (NE)</td>
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<td width = 10% align="center">'''West:''' [[]]?</td>
<td width = 35% align="center">'''Antirio'''</td>
<td width = 30% align="center">'''East:''' [[Gulf of Corinth]]</td></tr>
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<td width = 30% align="center">'''South:''' [[Strait of Rio-Antirio]]</td>
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==See also:==

*[[Communities of Aetolia-Acarnania]]

[[Category:Aitoloakarnania]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Greece]]

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Lazarus: /* Historical population */

Irlandos at 14:43, December 19, 2005