| Platania | |
| Official Name: | Comune di Platania |
| Coordinates: | 39.0056°N 16.3208°W |
| Region: | Calabria |
| Province: | Catanzaro |
| Frazioni: | N/A |
| Mayor: | Davide Esposito |
| Area Total Km2: | 24 |
| Population Total: | 2232 |
| Population As Of: | December 31, 2013 |
| Population Demonym: | Platanesi |
| Elevation M: | 750 |
| Saint: | St. Michael[1] |
| Postal Code: | 88040 |
| Area Code: | 0968 |
Platania is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the western part of the Calabria region of Italy.
| Year | Population | Density | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,965 | - | |
| 1871 | 3,096 | - | |
| 1881 | 3,149 | - | |
| 1901 | 3,846 | - | |
| 1911 | 3,451 | - | |
| 1921 | 3,924 | - | |
| 1931 | 4,086 | - | |
| 1936 | 4,091 | - | |
| 1951 | 4,814 | - | |
| 1961 | 4,161 | - | |
| 1971 | 3,267 | - | |
| 1981 | 3,094 | - | |
| 1991 | 3,016 | - | |
| 2001 | 2,423 | - | |
| December 31, 2004 | 2,420 | 101/km2 | |
| December 31, 2013 | 2,232 | 93/km2 |
The population grew until the 1950s except for between the censuses of 1901 and 1911, the commune was to be rocked by emigration as the population fell over half since the 1950s census. Emigration was very large between the 1950s and the 1970s.