Platy () is a town and a municipality in eastern

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Alexandreia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 181.375 km².

History

Platy was founded in 1924 by Greek refugees from

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. They came from the villages of the Farassa area in

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). After many stops on their journey, their final destination was Platy. Before Platy was founded, there was a small village strategically near a railway station. It was 35 km from

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. When Platy was founded it remained a small village with 2,300 inhabitants (as a separate community) but with a very important role in the area of Imathia. In the industrial area of Platy until the mid-1990s there were over 1,500 workers from Platy, Veria and Thessaloniki. However, after the economic crisis of 1999-2002, many of the factories based in the industrial zone of Platy were closed. Today there are only three factories, one of them being of national importance (the sugar state-owned factory "EBZ" or the Hellenic Sugar Industry S.A.). Some other small factories are based in the same industrial zone. In 1994, Platy absorbed three smaller communities and in 1998 another nine. Today, Platy is the centre of the municipal unit of Platy (about 8,000 inhabitants). The town has a population of about 1,700.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Platy is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Platy (Platy, Ergotaxio Loudia) *Arachos *Kleidi *Koryfi (Koryfi, Neochoropoulo, Palaiochora) * Lianovergi (Palaiochori) *Platanos * Prasinada (Prasinada, Kydonia, Niselloudi) *

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Population

Transport

Road

Platy can be accessed by bus or car (following the A1/ E75 or A2/ E90 motorways).

Rail

The settlement is served by Platy railway station at the junction of the Piraeus–Platy Line and Thessaloniki–Bitola Line. The station is served by intercity trains between Athens and Thessaloniki, and by Proastiakos Thessaloniki services to

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Air

There have been recent discussions about upgrading the old military airport 2 km NW of Platy for civil use.

References

External links

Official web page
(inactive) {{Alexandreia div Populated places in Imathia Alexandreia, Greece