Meskla

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.

Meskla Μεσκλά
Community
Meskla
Coordinates: 35°24′13″N 23°57′22″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)

Population

Census	1900	1920	1928	1940	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021
Population	617	569	619	826	628	704	600	540	527	425	333	268

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References

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