Platania
Comune di Platania
Location of Platania
Platania is located in Italy
Platania
Platania
Location of Platania in Italy
Platania is located in Calabria
Platania
Platania
Platania (Calabria)
Coordinates: 39°00′20″N 16°19′15″E / 39.00556°N 16.32083°E / 39.00556; 16.32083
CountryItaly
RegionCalabria
ProvinceCatanzaro
FrazioniN/A
Government
  MayorMichele Rizzo
Area
  Total24 km2 (9 sq mi)
Elevation
750 m (2,460 ft)
Population
 (December 31, 2013)[2]
  Total2,232
  Density93/km2 (240/sq mi)
DemonymPlatanesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
88040
Dialing code0968
Patron saintSt. Michael[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Platania

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

Bounding communes

Population history

YearPopulationDensity
18612,965-
18713,096-
18813,149-
19013,846-
19113,451-
19213,924-
19314,086-
19364,091-
19514,814-
19614,161-
19713,267-
19813,094-
19913,016-
20012,423-
December 31, 20042,420101/km2
December 31, 20132,23293/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.

References

  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. "Feste e tradizioni". Comune di Platania. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2013-12-31.


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