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Platanias Πλατανιάς
Municipality
PlataniasLocation within the region
Coordinates: 35°31′N 23°54′E / 35.517°N 23.900°E / 35.517; 23.900
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Crete
Regional unit	Chania
Government
• Mayor	Ioannis Malandrakis (since 2011)
Area
• Municipality	491.8 km (189.9 sq mi)
• Municipal unit	74.9 km (28.9 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population
• Municipality	15,299
• Density	31/km (81/sq mi)
• Municipal unit	4,665
• Municipal unit density	62/km (160/sq mi)
• Community	953
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	730 14
Area code(s)	28210
Vehicle registration	ΧΝ, XB

Platanias (Greek: Πλατανιάς) is a village and municipality on the Greek island of Crete. It is located about 10 km (6.2 mi) west from the city of Chania and east of Kissamos, on Chania Bay. The seat of the municipality is the village Gerani. Platanias (and the neighbouring village of Agia Marina) is a popular tourism village with beaches, several hotels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs and souvenir shops. The area is especially popular with Scandinavian tourists with the season running from April to October. Not far from the coast is the island of Agioi Theodoroi.

Municipality

The municipality Platanias was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

• Kolymvari
• Mousouroi
• Platanias
• Voukolies

The municipality has an area of 491.78 km (189.88 sq mi), the municipal unit 74.93 km (28.93 sq mi).

It lies within the Chania regional unit and is numbered 6 on the map of the Chania region. It is on the north coast, forming the eastern shore of Kissamos Bay (Kolpos Kissamou Kόλπος Κισσάμου), and the west and south shores of Chania Bay (Kolpos Chanion Κόλπος Χανίων). It is bordered by Kissamos (5) to the west, Kantanos-Selino (4) to the south, Chania (1) to the east, and Sfakia (7) in the southeast. Its northeast region is the Rodopos Peninsula (Chersonisos Rodopou Χερσόνησος Ροδωπού).

Historical population

Gallery

• Municipalities of Chania regional unit. Platanias: 6
• Map of former municipality of Platanias, now the municipal unit, bordered by Voukolies on the west and Mousouroi on the east

References

1. Municipality of Platanias, Municipal elections – October 2023, Ministry of Interior
2. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
3. ^ "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
4. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.

External links

See Chania Region for maps

v t e Places adjacent to Platanias
Sea of Crete (Chania Bay) Nea Kydonia Voukolies Platanias Theriso Mousouroi Mousouroi

v t e Administrative division of the Crete Region
Area 8,336 km (3,219 sq mi) Population 623,065 (as of 2011) Municipalities 24 (since 2011) Capital Heraklion
Regional unit of Chania	Apokoronas Chania Gavdos Kantanos-Selino Kissamos Platanias Sfakia
Regional unit of Heraklion	Archanes-Asterousia Faistos Gortyna Heraklion Hersonissos Malevizi Minoa Pediada Viannos
Regional unit of Lasithi	Agios Nikolaos Ierapetra Oropedio Lasithiou Siteia
Regional unit of Rethymno	Agios Vasileios Amari Anogeia Mylopotamos Rethymno
Regional governor Stavros Arnaoutakis (reelected 2014) Decentralized Administration Crete

• Municipalities of Crete
• Populated places in Chania (regional unit)
• Platanias