Platanias


Platanias is a village and municipality on the Greek island of Crete. It is located about west from the city of Chania and east of Kastelli-Kissamos, on Chania Bay. The seat of the municipality is the village Gerani. Platanias is a popular tourism village with a beach, several hotels, restaurants and souvenir shops. 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:
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, and the west and south shores of Chania Bay. It is bordered by Kissamos to the west, Kantanos-Selino to the south, Chania to the east, and Sfakia in the southeast. Its northeast region is the Rodopos Peninsula.

Historical population

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