Platanias (Greek: Πλατανιάς) is a village and municipality on the
Greek
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island of
Crete
Crete ( ; , Modern Greek, Modern: , Ancient Greek, Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the List of islands by area, 88th largest island in the world and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fifth la ...
. It is located about west from the city of
Chania
Chania (, , ), also sometimes romanization of Greek, romanized as Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania (regional unit), Chania regional unit. It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about west of Rethymno ...
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 , the municipal unit .]Chania
Chania (, , ), also sometimes romanization of Greek, romanized as Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania (regional unit), Chania regional unit. It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about west of Rethymno ...
(1) to the east, and Sfakia (7) in the southeast. Its northeast region is the Rodopos Peninsula (Chersonisos Rodopou ''Χερσόνησος Ροδωπού'').
Historical population
Gallery
File:2010 Dimi Chanion numbered.svg, Municipalities of Chania regional unit. Platanias: 6
File:DE Platania.svg, Map of former municipality of Platanias, now the municipal unit, bordered by Voukolies on the west and Mousouroi on the east
References
External links
See Chania Region for maps
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Municipalities of Crete
Populated places in Chania (regional unit)