Platanias (Greek: Πλατανιάς) is a village and municipality on the

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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 Kissamos () is a town and a municipality in the west of the island of Crete, Greece. It is part of the Chania regional unit and of the former Kissamos Province which covers the northwest corner of the island. The town of Kissamos is also known as ...

, on

Chania Bay Chania (, , ), also sometimes romanized as Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania regional unit. It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about west of Rethymno and west of Heraklion. The municipality has ...

. 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 Agioi Theodoroi () is a town and a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Loutraki-Perachora-Agioi Theodoroi, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal u ...

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 Kolymvari (), also known as Kolymbari (), is a coastal town at the southeastern end of the Rodopou peninsula on the Gulf of Chania. Kolymvari was formerly a municipality in the Chania (regional unit), Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since t ...

Mousouroi Mousouroi (, ), is a former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Platanias, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of . The municip ...

*Platanias *

Voukolies Voukolies () is a town and former municipality in the Chania (regional unit), Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Platanias, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit ...

The municipality has an area of , the municipal unit . 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

(5) to the west,

Kantanos-Selino Kantanos-Selino () is a municipality in Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. It is numbered 4 on the map of the Chania region. The seat of the municipality is the village of Palaiochora. The municipality has an area of . A significant number of f ...

(4) to the south,

(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

on the west and

on the east

References

External links

See Chania Region for maps {{Platanias div Municipalities of Crete Populated places in Chania (regional unit)