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Vonitsa

Field	Value
name	Vonitsa
name_local	Βόνιτσα
type	community
periph	West Greece
periphunit	Aetolia-Acarnania
municipality	Aktio-Vonitsa
municunit	Anaktorio
pop_community	4264
population_as_of	2021
coordinates
image_skyline	Βόνιτσα, (Vonitsa).jpg

Vonitsa () is a town in the northwestern part of Aetolia-Acarnania in Greece, seat of the municipality of Aktio-Vonitsa. The beach town is situated on the south coast of the Ambracian Gulf, and is dominated by a Venetian fortress on a hill. Vonitsa is 13 km southeast of Preveza, 18 km northeast of the city of Lefkada and 90 km northwest of Agrinio. The Greek National Road 42 (Lefkada - Amfilochia) passes through Vonitsa.

Settlements

Vonitsa proper
Aktio, the ancient Actium
Nea Kamarina

History

Vonitsa is built near the site of ancient Anactorium, an important city of Acarnania, founded by the Corinthians in 630 BC. Like the other cities of Acarnania, it went into decline when the Romans founded Nicopolis on the other side of the Ambracian Gulf after the Battle of Actium, and forced its inhabitants to move to that city. Modern Vonitsa was founded during the Byzantine era, and it was the last stronghold of the Despotate of Epirus before being conquered by the Ottomans in 1479.{{cite web |access-date = 8 November 2025

On 18 October 1862 the insurrection that later spread to Athens and lead to the overthrow of King Otto of Greece, started in Vonitsa.

Population

Year	Town	Community
1981	3,836	-
1991	4,037	-
2001	3,840	4,081
2011	4,703	4,916
2021	4,052	4,264

International relations

Vonitsa is twinned with:

POL Połaniec, Poland since 2001.

References

"Twinnings". Central Union of Municipalities & Communities of Greece.

Wikipedia Source

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