Administrative Region : Central Macedonia
Regional unit : Imathia
Platanos (Πλάτανος) Imathia
Platanos is a settlement in Central Macedonia in the Regional Unit of Imathia.[1][2]
Geographical - Historical information
Platanos is located on the border with the Regional Unit of Pieria, in the Aliakmonas plain and near the northern banks of the river at an altitude of 7 meters. It is approximately 8 km. SE. from Alexandreia (seat of the municipality), 44 km. N. from Katerini and 22 km. W.-SW. from Thessaloniki. To the northeast is Koryfi, to the east is Kleidi and to the south is Aiginio. To the west is the Piraeus-Thessaloniki railway line and to the south is the Egnatia Motorway. Its inhabitants are mainly engaged in agriculture (they grow cotton, beans, wheat, fruits, etc.).
It is officially mentioned, after the Balkan Wars and the liberation of Macedonia, in 1918 with the old name from the Turkish rule Tsinaforo, to be annexed to the then community of Koryfi. In 1949 with the Government Gazette 302A - 31/10/1949 it was designated the seat of the homonymous newly founded community and in 1954 with the Government Gazette 91A - 30/04/1954 it was renamed Platanos.[3] According to the "Kallikratis" Program and its amendment Kleisthenes I[4] it constitutes the community of Platanos which falls under the municipal unit of Plateos of the Municipality of Alexandreia while according to the 2011 census 630 inhabitants were registered.[5]
The population censuses after World War II are:
Census 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
Population 730[6] 823[7]* 855[8] 910[9] 1,098[10] 806[11] 630
External links
Photograph of the Karanikas mill (1950) Archived 2022-12-27 at the Wayback Machine. from the Public Central Library of Veria.
References
Encyclopedia Papyrus Larousse Britannica. 49. Papyrus Publishing House. 1996. p. 290.
"Platanos". Municipality of Alexandria. April 17, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
«EETAA-Administrative Changes of Settlements». www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
«Law 4555/2018 - Government Gazette 133/A/19-7-2018 (Articles 1 - 151) (CLOSED Program) (Codified)». e-nomothesia.gr | Legislation Information Bank. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
«Government Gazette of results of PERMANENT population», p. 10510 (p. 36 of pdf)
Population of Greece according to the census of March 7, 1951, p. 71 of pdf. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14.
Population of Greece at the census of 19 March 1961, p. 74 of the pdf.
Population of Greece at the census of 14 March 1971, p. 73 of the pdf. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
Actual population of Greece at the census of 5 April 1981, p. 84 of the pdf.
Actual population of Greece at the census of 17 March 1991, p. 95 of the pdf.
Actual population of Greece - Census 2001, p. 97 of the pdf.
| Municipal unit Platy |
|---|
| Municipal Community Koryfi |
| Koryfi (Κορυφή, η) |
| Palaiochora (Παλαιόχωρα, η) |
| Municipal Community Platy |
| Ergotaxio Loudia (Εργοτάξιο Λουδία, το) |
| Platy (Πλατύ, το) |
| Community Arachos |
| Arachos (Άραχος, ο) |
| Community Kleidi |
| Kleidi (Κλειδίον, το) |
| Community Lianovergi |
| Lianovergi (Λιανοβέργι, το) |
| Community Platanos |
| Platanos (Πλάτανος, ο) |
| Community Prasinada |
| Kydonia (Κυδωνέα, η) |
| Niselloudi (Νησελλούδι, το) |
| Prasinada (Πρασινάδα, η) |
| Community Trikala |
| Trikala (Τρίκαλα, τα) |
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