Makryneia () is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

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, ...

West Greece Western Greece Region (, ) is one of the thirteen Modern regions of Greece, administrative regions of Greece. It comprises the western part of Central Greece (geographic region), continental Greece and the northwestern part of the Peloponnese pen ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Agrinio Agrinio (Greek language, Greek: Αγρίνιο, ; Latin: ''Agrinium'') is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional units of Greece, regional unit of Greece and its largest municipality, with 89,691 inhabitants (2021) as well as the seco ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 149.687 km². The seat of the municipality was in Gavalou. The municipal unit is located south and southeast of

Lake Trichonida Lake Trichonida ( ''Limni Trichonida''; Ancient Greek: Τριχωνίς ''Trichonis'') is the largest natural lake in Greece. It is situated in the eastern part of Aetolia-Acarnania, southeast of the city of Agrinio and northwest of Nafpaktos. It ...

, and northwest of the mountain Arakynthos. There are farmlands near the lake shore, and forests on the mountain slopes. Makryneia is southeast of Agrinio, northeast of

Missolonghi Missolonghi or Mesolongi (, ) is a municipality of 32,048 people (according to the 2021 census) in western Greece. The town is the capital of Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit, and the seat of the municipality of Iera Polis Mesolongiou (). Missolon ...

and northwest of

Naupactus Nafpaktos () or Naupactus, is a town and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, 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 Mor ...

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Makryneia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Agios Andreas or Bourlesia (Agios Andreas, Ano Metapa) *Akres or Lithovouni (Akres, Saranti, Varka) *Dafnias (Dafnias, Palaiozefgaro) * Gavalou (Gavalou, Kourtelaiika) *

Kato Makrinou Kato Makrinou ( meaning "Lower Makrinou") is a village in the municipal unit of Makryneia, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan pen ...

*Kapsorachi (Kapsorachi, Palaiochori) * Makrinou (Makrinou, Agia Triada, Agioi Apostoloi, Kypseli, Metaxas) *Mesarista (Mesarista, Kazanaiika, Paradeisi, Tsiligiannaika) *Potamoula Trichonidas *Trichonio

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