karitsa_street_view3 / Mapillary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Platanakia
Sign in to savePlatanakia () is a settlement of the former municipality of Dion, which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. It was founded in 1954 by Greek refugees, coming from the region of Pontus.
Weather now
cached 463h ago7-day forecast
via Open-Meteo
Place details
- Locality
- Πλατανάκια
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 151
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 294
- Elevation
- 20
- Image
- Town square (Platanakia, Pieria - 2007-08-25).jpg
- Dialing code
- 23510
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Platanakia
- postal code
- 601 00
- native label
- Πλατανάκια
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Article
2 sectionsContents
- References
- Notes
Platanakia () is a settlement of the former municipality of Dion, which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. It was founded in 1954 by Greek refugees, coming from the region of Pontus.
The name Platanakia, comes by the agreement of the residents, because below the village, there are about 10 large trees which has been planted by a Sarakatsani farmer, years ago. The population of the village was 148 people as of 2021.
Gallery (4)
On the map
2 mapped locations