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Municipality in Greece
Ampelokipoi-Menemeni Αμπελόκηποι-Μενεμένη
Municipality
Ampelokipoi-Menemeni is located in GreeceAmpelokipoi-MenemeniAmpelokipoi-MenemeniLocation 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 (since 2011)
Area
 • Municipality8.82 km (3.41 sq mi)
Population
 • Municipality50,143
 • Density5,700/km (15,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitewww.ampelokipi-menemeni.gr

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.

Municipality

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:

Population

Year Population
2011 52,127
2021 50,143

Neighborhoods

Municipal Unit of Ampelokipoi

  • Eptalofos
  • Akriton
  • Kaistri
  • Skeparni
  • Filipou

Municipal Unit of Menemeni

  • Nea Menemeni
  • Vosporos
  • Agios Nektarios

Monuments

Municipal Unit of Ampelokipoi

  • 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

  • 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

  1. Municipality of Abelokipi – Menemeni, Municipal elections – October 2023, Ministry of Interior
  2. "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.
  3. ^ "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
Administrative division of the Central Macedonia Region
Area
18,811 km (7,263 sq mi)
Population
1,882,108 (as of 2011)
Municipalities
38 (since 2011)
Capital
Thessaloniki
Regional unit of Chalkidiki
Regional unit of Imathia
Regional unit of Kilkis
Regional unit of Pella
Regional unit of Pieria
Regional unit of Serres
Regional unit of Thessaloniki
Regional governor
Apostolos Tzitzikostas (since 2013, elected 2014 & 2019)
Decentralized Administration
Macedonia and Thrace
Subdivisions of the municipality of Ampelokipoi-Menemeni
Municipal units


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