Platanias

Platanias (Greek: Πλατανιάς) is a village and municipality on the Greek island of Crete. It is located about 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.

Key facts

Greek Dimos.name: Platanias
Greek Dimos.name_local: Πλατανιάς
Greek Dimos.type: municipality
Greek Dimos.image_map: 2011 Dimos Platania.png
Greek Dimos.periph: Crete
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Chania
Greek Dimos.pop_municipality: 15299
Greek Dimos.area_municipality: 491.8
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit: 4665
Greek Dimos.area_municunit: 74.9
Greek Dimos.pop_community: 953
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.elevation

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Platanias (gr. Πλατανιάς) – gmina i miejscowość w Grecji (północno-zachodnia część wyspy Kreta), w administracji zdecentralizowanej Kreta, w regionie Kreta, w jednostce regionalnej Chania. Siedzibą gminy jest wieś . W 2011 r. gmina Platanias liczyła 16 874 mieszkańców, zajmując powierzchnię 492,34 km².

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