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Ampelokipoi-Menemeni

Summary

Ampelokipoi–Menemeni (Greek: Αμπελόκηποι-Μενεμένη) is a municipality of the Thessaloniki Urban Area in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is in Ampelokipoi.[2]

Ampelokipoi-Menemeni
Αμπελόκηποι-Μενεμένη
Municipality
Ampelokipoi-Menemeni is located in Greece
Ampelokipoi-Menemeni
Ampelokipoi-Menemeni
Location within the region
Coordinates: 40°39′N 22°55′E / 40.650°N 22.917°E / 40.650; 22.917
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitThessaloniki
Government
 • MayorLazaros Kyrizoglou
Area
 • Municipality8.82 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipality50,143
 • Density5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitewww.ampelokipi-menemeni.gr

Municipality edit

The municipality Ampelokipoi–Menemeni was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]

Population edit

Year Population
2011 52,127
2021 50,143

Neighborhoods edit

Municipal Unit of Ampelokipoi edit

  • Eptalofos
  • Akriton
  • Kaistri
  • Skeparni
  • Filipou

Municipal Unit of Menemeni edit

  • Nea Menemeni
  • Vosporos
  • Agios Nektarios

Monuments edit

Municipal Unit of Ampelokipoi edit

  • Monument of the Greeks of Asia Minor.
  • Monument of the National Resistance (Eleftherias Street).
  • Statue of the Mother of the People (Eptalofos Square).
  • "Zeitenlik" WW1 Allied Cemetery and Museum of the french quarter of the cemetery.
  • Monument of the last Byzantine Emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos (Dimokratias Square).

Municipal Unit of Menemeni edit

  • Monument of Chrysostomos of Smyrna and of the Asia Minor Catastrophe (Tsompanoglou Square).
  • "Harmankioi" Allied Cemetery. It is an Indian Allied Cemetery which was used for the burial of Indians who were drafted by the British to support the Entente Powers during World War I.

References edit

  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. ^ a b "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.