Platanakia ( el, Πλατανάκια) is a settlement of the former municipality of Dio, which is part of the municipality of

Dio-Olympos Dion-Olympos ( el, Δίον-Όλυμπος, ''Díon-Ólympos'') is a municipality in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Litochoro. The municipality has an area of 495.314 km2. Municipali ...

, in the Pieria regional unit,

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. It is founded in 1954 by Greek refugees, coming from the Sea of Pontus. The name ''Platanakia'', comes by the agreement of the residents, because below the village, there are about 10 large trees which has been planted by a Sarakatsani farmer, years ago. The population of the village was 294 people as of 2011.

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*"Σαλπιγγίδης Πολύκαρπος, ''50 χρόνια Πλατανάκια'', εκδ. Δήμος Δίου" {{Municipality of Dio-Olympos Populated places in Pieria (regional unit)