Meskla (Μεσκλά) is a village in the municipality of

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. Platania ...

, a regional unit of

Chania Chania ( el, Χανιά ; vec, La Canea), also spelled 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 muni ...

, western

Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...

, in

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

. According to the 2011 census it has 333 inhabitants. It is built on an altitude of 200 meters, at the northern foothills of the White Mountains, in the valley of the river Keritis. It is 21 km away from the city of

and 4 km from the village of Fournes. In the past it was a community of the province of Kydonia which included, besides Meskla, the village of Zourva.

Population

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{{coord, 35, 24, 13, N, 23, 57, 22, E, display=title, region:GR_type:city Populated places in Crete Chania (regional unit)