Astakos (Greek: Αστακός, meaning "lobster") is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece.

[3] It is located on a bay on the eastern shore of the Ionian Sea, near the southern end of the Acarnanian Mountains.

It takes its name from the ancient Acarnanian town Astacus (Ancient Greek: Ἄστακος - Astakos),[4] and was named Dragamesti in the Middle Ages.

The municipal unit Astakos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): The city has a port able to hold ferries.

The countryside mainly produces wheat, corn and few grapes.