Agrinion (Greek, Modern: Αγρίνιο, Ancient/Katharevousa: Αγρίνιον, Latin: Agrinium) is the largest city and a municipality of the Aetolia-Acarnania peripheral unit of Greece, with 96,321 inhabitants. The settlement dates back to ancient times. Ancient Agrinion was 3 km northeast of the present town; some walls and foundations have been excavated. In medieval times and until 1925, the area was known as Vrachori (Βραχώρι).The majority of local people were for a time tobacco farmers at the close of 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries; companies included the famous Papastratos, alongside Panagopoulou and Papapetrou. Agrinion is agriculturally famous for its main production of Agrinion olives.