- Platanos, Achaea
Platanos (Greek: Πλάτανος) is a Greek village in the
Achaia prefecture. Pteri located about 25 km east ofAigio , about 60 km east ofPatras , east ofDiakopto and west ofAkrata andCorinth . Platanos is also in the municipality ofAkrata and had a population of 409 in2001 . Platanos is built on a mountain slope overlooking theGulf of Corinth to the north. Platanos is linked with the old GR-8 (Athens - Corinth - Patras) with the new road (see GR-8A, also theE65 ) just slightly north.ubdivisions
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Korinthiako Balkoni
*Tsivlos Nearest places
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Paralia Platanou , Seashore / NorthPopulation
Geography
Platanos is situated in a valley area. Farmlands are around the village, the forests dominate the area as well as grasslands and mountains to the south, the west and the east, the
Gulf of Corinth can be seen to the north. A stream flows near the village.Other
Platanos has a school, a church, and a square ("
plateia "). Its nearest lyceum (middle school) is in the north and the gymnasium (secondary school) is in Akrata.External links
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=3288 Akrata on GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=38.3135&longitude=22.1625&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=38.3135&lons1=22.1625&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=38.3135,22.1625 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=38.3135&lon=22.1625&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellitehttp://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.3135,22.1625&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=38.3135|22.1625&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|38|15|47|N|22|9|43|E|type:city(408)_region:GRee also
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List of settlements in the Achaia prefecture
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