Placanica

Comune in Calabria, Italy

Placanica Griko: Lakonìka
Comune
Comune di Placanica

Coat of arms
Location of Placanica
38°25′N 16°27′E / 38.417°N 16.450°E / 38.417; 16.450
Country	Italy
Region	Calabria
Metropolitan city	Reggio Calabria (RC)
Government
• Mayor	Rocco Mario Clemeno
Area ^[1]
• Total	29.3 km² (11.3 sq mi)
Population (December 2007)^[2]
• Total	1,308
• Density	45/km² (120/sq mi)
Demonym	Placanichesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	89040
Dialing code	0964

Placanica (Greek: Λακονηκὰ, romanized: Lakonikà)^{[citation needed]} is a comune (commune or municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of Catanzaro and about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northeast of Reggio Calabria. Placanica borders the following communes: Caulonia, Pazzano, Stignano.

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)