Ampelokipoi-Menemeni

Municipality in Greece

Ampelokipoi-Menemeni Αμπελόκηποι-Μενεμένη
Municipality
40°39′N 22°55′E / 40.650°N 22.917°E / 40.650; 22.917
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Thessaloniki
Government
• Mayor	Lazaros Kyrizoglou^[1] (since 2011)
Area
• Municipality	8.82 km² (3.41 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]
• Municipality	50,143
• Density	5,700/km² (15,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	www.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.^[3]

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:^[3]

Ampelokipoi
Menemeni

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

^ Municipality of Abelokipi – Menemeni, Municipal elections – October 2023, Ministry of Interior
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.