Platania

Comune in Calabria, Italy

Location of Platania

39°00′20″N 16°19′15″E / 39.00556°N 16.32083°E / 39.00556; 16.32083CountryItalyRegionCalabriaProvinceCatanzaroFrazioniN/AGovernment

• MayorDavide Esposito Area

^[1]

• Total24 km² (9 sq mi)Elevation

750 m (2,460 ft)Population

(December 31, 2013)^[2]

• Total2,232 • Density93/km² (240/sq mi)DemonymPlatanesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

88040

Dialing code0968Patron saintSt. Michael^[3]WebsiteOfficial website

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

Bounding communes

Conflenti
Decollatura
Lamezia Terme
Serrastretta

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
December 31, 2013	2,232	93/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

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