Platania
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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Platania
| official_name = Comune di Platania
| native_name = {{Langx|el|Plataniá}}
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| coordinates = {{coord|39|00|20|N|16|19|15|E|region:IT_type:city(2420)|display=inline,title}}
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| region = Calabria
| province = Catanzaro
| frazioni = N/A
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| mayor = [http://www.comuneplatania.it/sindaco.asp Davide Esposito ]
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| area_total_km2 = 24
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 2232
| population_as_of = December 31, 2013
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| population_demonym = Platanesi
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 750
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| saint = St. Michael{{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
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| postal_code = 88040
| area_code = 0968
| website = {{official website|https://www.comune.platania.cz.it/}}
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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
Population history
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! 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/km2 |
| 1991 | 3,016 | 126/km2 |
| 2001 | 2,423 | 101/km2 |
| 2004 | 2,420 | 101/km2 |
| 2014 | 2,232 | 93/km2 |
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
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{{Province of Catanzaro}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Calabria
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