Platania

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Comune di Platania
Country Italy Italy
Region Calabria
Province Catanzaro
Mayor Michele Rizzo Image:DSC00597.jpg
Elevation 750
 area_cityproper   = 24 m
Area {{{area_cityproper}}} km²
Population
 - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 2,420
 - Density 101/km²
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 39°00′n 16°19′E
Gentilic Platanesi
Dialing code 0968
Postal code 88040
Frazioni N/A
Patron St. George
Website: www.comuneplatania.it


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Platania is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the western part of the the Calabria region of Italy.

[edit] Bounding communes

[edit] Population history

Year Population Density
1861 2,965 -
1871 3,096 -
1881 3,149 -
1901 3,846 -
1911 3,451 -
1921 3,924 -
1931 4,086 -
1936 4,091 -
1951 4,814 -
1961 4,161 -
1971 3,267 -
1981 3,094 -
1991 3,016 -
2001 2,423 -
December 31, 2004 2,420 101/km²

The population grew until the 1950s except for between the censuses of 1901 and 1911, the commune was to be rocked by emigration as the population fell over half since the 1950s census. Emigration was very large between the 1950s and the 1970s.



Coordinates: 39°00′N 16°19′E