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.

Ampelokipoi-Menemeni Αμπελόκηποι-Μενεμένη
Municipality
Ampelokipoi-Menemeni
Coordinates: 40°39′N 22°55′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Thessaloniki
Seat	Ampelokipoi
Government
• Mayor	Lazaros Kyrizoglou (since 2011)
Area
• Municipality	8.82 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Municipality	50,143
• Density	5,690/km2 (14,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	www.ampelokipi-menemeni.gr

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:

• 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.