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Oiniades

FieldValue
nameOiniades
name_localΟινιάδες
typemunicipal unit
image_mapDE Iniadon.svg
image_skylineΟινιάδες 2.jpg
caption_skylineThe ancient shipyard
coordinates
elevation10
map_captionLocation within the regional unit
periphWest Greece
periphunitAetolia-Acarnania
municipalityMessolonghi
population_as_of2021
pop_municunit8393
area_municunit270.9
postal_code300 01
area_code2210
licenceME

Oiniades () is a municipal unit of the municipality Missolonghi, Greece. The municipal unit has an area of 270.899 km2. It was named after the ancient town of Oeniadae.

History

Ancient Oeniadae () was a port town on the west bank of the river Achelous and one of the most important towns of ancient Acarnania. Oeniadai was first mentioned in the 5th century BC.

It was situated against a hill in the marshes, which protected it from invaders. Its location has been identified on that of the present village Katochi.

It was an important port on the route to Corfu. It changed its alliances repeatedly in the course of history; at first it was a member of the Peloponnesian League, but in 424 BC it was incorporated in the Delian League. In the Hellenistic period, Oiniadai allied with the Aetolians until 218 BC when Philip V declared it free. From 211-189 BC during the Roman-Macedonian wars the city was again under Aetolian control. In Roman times it lost its strategic importance. However it was still inhabited in the 3rd century AD judging from coin finds.

Archaeology

The city walls are well preserved and several buildings were excavated beginning in 1900-1901:

  • a theatre
  • a bath complex
  • a shipyard.

Municipality

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Oiniades is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

  • Neochori Mesolongiou (Neochori, Magoula, Marmara)
  • Gouria
  • Katochi
  • Lesini
  • Mastros (Mastros, Platania)
  • Pentalofo

Population

YearMunicipality population
199110,686
200110,227
20119,373
20218,393

References

References

  1. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.
  2. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006:entry=oiniadai OINIADAI Greece], entry in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites.
  3. "Oeniadae".
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