Platanos, Achaea

{{Other uses|Platanos (disambiguation)}}

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|name = Platanos

|name_local = Πλάτανος

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|municipality = Aigialeia

|municunit = Akrata

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|population_as_of = 2021

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Platanos ({{langx|el|Πλάτανος}}) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Akrata, Achaea, Greece. The community includes the mountain villages Ano Potamia, Korinthiako Balkoni and Tsivlos. Platanos lies at about 270 m elevation on a mountain slope directly above the seaside village Paralia Platanou. The villages Ano Potamia and Tsivlos are about 10 km south of Platanos. Platanos is 5 km west of Akrata and 18 km southeast of Aigio. The Greek National Road 8A (Athens - Corinth - Patras) and the railway Corinth - Patras pass north of Platanos.