Plataies (Greek: Πλαταιές), anciently Kokhla,[2][3][4] is a village and a former municipality in Boeotia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Thebes, of which it is a municipal unit.[5] The municipal unit has an area of 172.533 km2, the community 37.321 km2.[6] Population 3,602 (2021).[1] The seat of the former municipality was in Kaparelli.
Plataies
Πλαταιές | |
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 Village of Plataies, near the ruins of old Plataea. Location of the 479 BCE Battle of Plataea. | |
  Plataies Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 38°14′N 23°13′E / 38.233°N 23.217°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Greece |
| Regional unit | Boeotia |
| Municipality | Thebes |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 172.533 km2 (66.615 sq mi) |
| • Community | 37.321 km2 (14.410 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 3,602 |
| • Municipal unit density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
| • Community | 832 |
| • Community density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΒΙ |
The village is next to the ruins of the ancient city of Plataea and near the site of the Battle of Plataea.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ Perdicaris, G. A. (1846). The Greece of the Greeks. Paine & Burgess. p. 127.
- ^ 19th century map
- ^ Smith, James Reuel (1922). Springs and wells in Greek and Roman literature, their legends and locations. New York, G. P. Putnam's sons. p. 198.
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
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