Meskla
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Meskla
Μεσκλά | |
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Coordinates: 35°24′13″N 23°57′22″E / 35.40361°N 23.95611°E | |
Country | Greece |
Administrative region | Crete |
Regional unit | Chania |
Municipality | Platanias |
Municipal unit | Mousouroi |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 268 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Meskla (Μεσκλά) is a village in the municipality of Platanias, a regional unit of Chania, western Crete, in Greece. According to the 2021 census it has 268 inhabitants. It is built on an altitude of 200 meters, at the northern foothills of the White Mountains, in the valley of the river Keritis. It is 21 km away from the city of Chania and 4 km from the village of Fournes. In the past it was a community of the province of Kydonia which included, besides Meskla, the village of Zourva.
Population
Census | 1900 | 1920 | 1928 | 1940 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
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Population | 617 | 569 | 619 | 826 | 628 | 704 | 600 | 540 | 527 | 425 | 333 | 268 |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Spanakis, Stergios (1993). Πόλεις και χωριά της Κρήτης στο πέρασμα των αιώνων, 2nd edition. Heraklion: Γραφικές Τέχνες Γ. Δετοράκης. pp. 532–3.
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