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{{Expand Greek|topic=geo|Πλατύ Ημαθίας|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name               = Platy
|name_local         = Πλατύ
|type = municipal unit
|image_map = DE Plateos.svg 
|image_skyline      = Plati-Townhall.jpg
|caption_skyline    = Town hall of Plati
|city_flag          = 
|city_seal          = 
|coordinates        = {{coord|40|38|N|22|31|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation      = 10
|map_caption = Location within the regional unit
| periph = [[Central Macedonia]]
| periphunit         = [[Imathia]]
|municipality = [[Alexandria, Greece#Municipality|Alexandreia]]
|population_as_of   = 2021
|pop_municunit = 7978
|area_municunit = 181.4
|pop_community   = 1658
|postal_code        = 590 32
|area_code          = 23330
|licence            = HM
|website            = 
}}

'''Platy''' ({{langx|el|Πλατύ}}) is a town and a municipality in eastern [[Imathia]], [[Greece]]. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality [[Alexandria, Greece#Municipality|Alexandreia]], of which it is a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis>{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]]}}</ref> The municipal unit has an area of 181.375 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf|publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece|title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)|language=el}}</ref> 

==History==
Platy was founded in 1924 by Greek refugees from [[Turkey]] after the [[Asia Minor Catastrophe]]. They came from the villages of the Farassa area in [[Cappadocia]] (today the village in Turkey is called Çamlıca (Faraşa) in [[Yahyalı]] Province of [[Kayseri]]). After many stops on their journey, their final destination was Platy. Before Platy was founded, there was a small village strategically near a railway station. It was 35&nbsp;km from [[Veria]], 40 from [[Thessaloniki]] and 512 from [[Athens]]. When Platy was founded it remained a small village with 2,300 inhabitants (as a separate community) but with a very important role in the area of Imathia. In the industrial area of Platy until the mid-1990s there were over 1,500 workers from Platy, Veria and Thessaloniki. However, after the economic crisis of 1999-2002, many of the factories based in the industrial zone of Platy were closed. Today there are only three factories, one of them being of national importance (the sugar state-owned factory "EBZ" or the Hellenic Sugar Industry S.A.). Some other small factories are based in the same industrial zone. In 1994, Platy absorbed three smaller communities and in 1998 another nine. Today, Platy is the centre of the municipal unit of Platy (about 8,000 inhabitants). The town has a population of about 1,700.

==Subdivisions==
The municipal unit Platy is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):<ref name=Kallikratis/>
*Platy (Platy, Ergotaxio Loudia)
*Arachos
*Kleidi
*Koryfi (Koryfi, Neochoropoulo, Palaiochora)
*[[Lianovergi]] (Palaiochori)
*Platanos
*[[Prasinada]] (Prasinada, Kydonia, Niselloudi)
*[[Trikala, Imathia|Trikala]]

==Population==
{| class=wikitable
! Year !! Community !! Municipal unit 
|-
| 1951 || 2,315 || 10,350  
|-
| 1961 || 2,063 || 10,410   
|-
| 1971 || 1,970 || 10,206    
|-
| 1981 || 2,367 || 11,064  
|-
| 1991 || 2,498  || 11,304  
|-
| 2001 || 2,299 || 11,128  
|-
| 2011 || 2,084|| 9,614  
|-
| 2021 || 1,658|| 7,978 
|}

==Transport==

===Road===
Platy can be accessed by bus or car (following the [[A1 motorway (Greece)|A1]]/[[European route E75|E75]] or [[A2 motorway (Greece)|A2]]/[[European route E90|E90]] motorways).

===Rail===
The settlement is served by [[Platy railway station]] at the junction of the [[Piraeus–Platy railway|Piraeus–Platy Line]] and [[Thessaloniki–Bitola railway|Thessaloniki–Bitola Line]]. The station is served by intercity trains between Athens and Thessaloniki, and by [[Proastiakos Thessaloniki]] services to [[Katerini]] and [[Larissa railway station|Larissa]], [[Edessa railway station|Edessa]], [[Florina]] and [[Thessaloniki railway station|Thessaloniki]].<ref>[http://www.trainose.gr/sites/default/files/news/uploads/ethniko_diktyo.pdf TrainOSE 2013 timetable] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119112719/http://www.trainose.gr/sites/default/files/news/uploads/ethniko_diktyo.pdf |date=2013-01-19 }}</ref>

===Air===
There have been recent discussions about upgrading the old military airport 2&nbsp;km NW of Platy for civil use.

==See also==
*[[List of settlements in Imathia]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081209024544/http://www.dimos-plateos.gr/ Official web page] (inactive)

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[[Category:Populated places in Imathia]]
[[Category:Alexandreia, Greece]]