Meskla

Meskla (Μεσκλά) is a village in the municipality of Platanias, a regional unit of Chania, western Crete, in Greece. According to the 2011 census it has 333 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
Population 617 569 619 826 628 704 600 540 527 425 333

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References

  1. Spanakis, Stergios (1993). Πόλεις και χωριά της Κρήτης στο πέρασμα των αιώνων, 2nd edition. Heraklion: Γραφικές Τέχνες Γ. Δετοράκης. pp. 532–3.

35°24′13″N 23°57′22″E

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