Platanos is a village and a former municipality

Communities and Municipalities of Greece

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 in Aetolia-Acarnania

Aetolia-Acarnania

Aetolia-Acarnania is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Greece. It is located in the western part of Greece; the regional unit is a combination of the geographic regions Aetolia and Acarnania. Its capital is Missolonghi for historical reasons, with its biggest...

, West Greece, Greece

Greece

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nafpaktia

Nafpaktia

Nafpaktia is a municipality in the Aetolia-Acarnania peripheral unit, West Greece Periphery, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Naupactus.-Municipality:...

, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 1,775 (2001). The village population was 324 in 2001 and the municipal district was 404. It is linked with the road linking to Nafpaktos and the new dam as well as a mountain road to the north. Platanos is located in the mountainous region and are surrounded by forest

Forest

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ed mountain

Mountain

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s. The Evinos River

Evinos River

The Evinos River is a river that flows entirely in the Aetolia-Acarnania prefecture. The river begins near the four boundaries area of Aetolia-Acarnania, Evrytania, Phthiotis and Phocis, near the village Artotina, in the Vardousia mountains. Its length is 92 km. The river was first mentioned in...

 is situated east of the town.

Geography

The municipal unit Platanos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Platanos (Platanos, Kato Platanos)
• Agios Dimitrios
• Arachova (Arachova, Kranes)
• Achladokastro
• Dendrochori (uninhabited)
• Kastanea
• Klepa
• Livadaki
• Neochori Nafpaktias (Neochori, Petroto)
• Perdikovrysi
• Perista
• Chomori (Chomori, Agia Triada)

Platanos has schools, lyceums or middle schools, a few gymnasia or secondary schools, churches, a post office, banks, and a few squares (plateies

Plateia

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).

Historical population

Year	Village	Municipal district	Municipality
1981	-	358
1991	227	-	1,694
2001	324	404	1,775

External links

• Municipality of Platanos
• Platanos (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages (in English and Greek)
• Platanos (village) on GTP Travel Pages (in English and Greek)
• Oiniades on culture.gr
• Chomori Village (municipality of Platanos) (in English and Greek)