Editing Nafpaktos (section)

{{other uses|Naupactus (disambiguation)|Lepanto (disambiguation)}}
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|name               = Nafpaktos
|name_local         = Ναύπακτος
|type = municipal unit
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|caption_skyline    = '''Clockwise from top right:''' Old Port of Naupactus, Nafpaktos' Port Fortifications, Old Houses with [[Fethiye Mosque (Nafpaktos)|Fethiye Mosque]] in the back, [[Markos Botsaris|Botsaris]] Tower Museum, Giorgos Anemogiannis Statue in the Port Fortifications, [[Miguel de Cervantes]] Statue, Venetian Fortress of Lepanto
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|periph             = [[West Greece]]
|periphunit         = [[Aetolia-Akarnania]]
|municipality       = [[Nafpaktia]]
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'''Nafpaktos''' ({{langx|el|Ναύπακτος}}) 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]], {{convert|3|km|0|abbr=on}} west of the mouth of the river [[Mornos]].

It is named for '''Naupaktos''' ({{lang|grc|Ναύπακτος}}, Latinized as ''Naupactus''), an important  [[Ancient Athens|Athenian]] naval station in the [[Peloponnesian war]]. As a strategically crucial possession controlling access to the Gulf of Corinth, Naupaktos changed hands many times during the [[Crusades]] and the [[Ottoman–Venetian Wars]]. It was under [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] control in the 15th century, and came to be known by the [[Venetian language|Venetian]] form of its name, '''Lepanto'''. It fell to the Ottoman Empire [[Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503)|in 1499]] and was used as a naval station by the [[Ottoman Navy]] in the 16th century, being the site of the decisive victory by the [[Holy League (1571)|Holy League]] in the [[Battle of Lepanto]] in 1571. Except for a brief period of Venetian control in 1687–1699, Lepanto remained under Ottoman control until [[Greek independence]] in 1829.

The modern municipality was incorporated in 1946, and later merged into the larger [[Nafpaktia]] municipality in the [[Kallikratis Plan|2010 reform]]. ''Nafpaktos'' is now both the name of a municipal unit within Nafpaktia and of the town proper within the Nafpaktos unit.<ref name=Kallikratis>{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]]}}</ref> 
The municipal district has an area of {{convert|159,947|km2|sqmi|lk=out|abbr=off}}, with a population close to 20,000 {{As of|2011|lc=y}}.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf|publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece|title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)|language=el}}</ref>

The town is {{convert|9|km|0|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Antirrio]], {{convert|18|km|0|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Patras]], {{convert|35|km|0|abbr=on}} east of [[Missolonghi]] and {{convert|45|km|0|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Agrinio]]. The [[Greek National Road 48]]/[[European route E65|E65]] (Antirrio – Nafpaktos – [[Delphi]] – [[Livadeia]]) passes north of the town. It is the second largest town of Aetolia-Acarnania, after [[Agrinio]].