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
Kissamos ( el, Κίσσαμος) 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 Kissam ...
, 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 .]Kissamos
Kissamos ( el, Κίσσαμος) 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 Kissam ...
(5) to the west, Kantanos-Selino
Kantanos-Selino ( el, Κάντανος-Σέλινο) 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 ar ...
(4) to the south, Chania (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)