Ampelokipoi-Menemeni
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 | |
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  Ampelokipoi-Menemeni Location within the region  | |
| Coordinates: 40°39′N 22°55′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Thessaloniki |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lazaros Kyrizoglou |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 8.82 km2 (3.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Municipality | 52,127 |
| • Municipality density | 5,900/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
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:[2]
Population
| Year | Population |
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| 2011 | 52.127 |
| 2021 | 49.674 |
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
- "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
Administrative division of the Central Macedonia Region | ||
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| 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 | ||
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