{{other uses}} {{Infobox Italian comune | name = Platania | official_name = Comune di Platania | native_name = {{Langx|el|Plataniá}} | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|39|00|20|N|16|19|15|E|region:IT_type:city(2420)|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Calabria]] | province = [[Province of Catanzaro|Catanzaro]] | frazioni = N/A | mayor_party = | mayor = [http://www.comuneplatania.it/sindaco.asp Davide Esposito ] | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 24 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 2232 | population_as_of = December 31, 2013 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Platanesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 750 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = St. Michael<ref>{{cite web |title = Feste e tradizioni. |url = http://www.comuneplatania.it/festetradizioni.asp |work = Comune di Platania. |access-date = 2013-12-31 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110929143417/http://www.comuneplatania.it/festetradizioni.asp |archive-date = 2011-09-29 }}</ref> | day = | postal_code = 88040 | area_code = 0968 | website = {{official website|https://www.comune.platania.cz.it/}} | footnotes = }} [[Image:Platania,Catanzaro.jpg|thumb|right|Platania]] '''Platania''' is a ''[[comune]]'' and [[town]] in the province of [[Catanzaro]] in the western part of the [[Calabria]] region of Italy. It is located approximately 50 kilometres away from the city of [[Catanzaro]]
==Bounding communes== * [[Conflenti]] * [[Decollatura]] * [[Lamezia Terme]] * [[Serrastretta]]
==Population history== {| class="wikitable" ! 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 || 129/km<sup>2</sup> |- | 1991 || 3,016 || 126/km<sup>2</sup> |- | 2001 || 2,423 || 101/km<sup>2</sup> |- | 2004 || 2,420 || 101/km<sup>2</sup> |- | 2014 || 2,232 || 93/km<sup>2</sup> |}
The population grew until the 1950s except for between the censuses of 1901 and 1911, the [[comune]] was to be rocked by emigration as the population fell over half since the 1950s census. There was significant emigration to the US during the latter half of the 20th century, resulting in a declining population
==References== {{reflist}} {{Province of Catanzaro}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Calabria]]
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