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Neapoli, Thessaloniki
Neapoli () is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki (regional unit), regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Neapoli-Sykies, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit population is 25,822 (2021 census), while its land area is only , with a resulting population density of , making it one of the List of cities proper by population density, densest places in the world. Geography Neapoli is located northwest of the city center of Thessaloniki. Its neighboring suburbs are those of Polichni, Stavroupoli, Sykies, Thessaloniki and Ampelokipoi, Thessaloniki, Ampelokipoi. There are eight districts in Neapoli: Neapoli, Piropathon, Kato Anagennisi, Pano Anagennisi, Kountourioti, Troada, Riga Feraiou, Hydragogio. People *Giannis Aggelakas, musician *Christos Sartzetakis, former President of Greece References External linksOfficial ...
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Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia ( ; , ) is one of the thirteen Regions of Greece, administrative regions of Greece, consisting the central part of the Geographic regions of Greece, geographical and historical region of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia. With a population of almost 1.8 million, it is the second most populous region in Greece after Attica (region), Attica. Geography The region of Central Macedonia is situated in Northern Greece, bordering the Administrative regions of Greece, regions of Western Macedonia (west), Thessaly (south), Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (east), and bounded to the north at the international borders of Greece by the Republic of North Macedonia and Bulgaria. The southern part is coastal and is bathed by the Thermaic Gulf, Thermaic, Toronean Gulf, Toroneos, Singitic Gulf, Singitic and Strymonian Gulf, Strymonic gulfs. The largest city and capital of the region is Thessaloniki. Serres is the second most populous city, followed by Katerini, Veria and Giannitsa. Cen ...
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Polichni
Polichni (, literally ''Little town'') is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and was a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th .... Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Pavlos Melas, of which it is a municipal unit. The population is 38,887 (2021 census), and it has a land area of 7.325 km2. The Polichni district includes the areas of: :Anthokipoi (Gardens) :Ano Polichni (Upper Polichni) :Meteora :Neromiloi (Water Mills) :St Panteleimon The central square of Polichni is named after the Saint Panteleimon church. External linksOfficial website References Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit) Pavlos Melas (municipality) {{CentralMac ...
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President Of Greece
The president of Greece, officially the president of the Hellenic Republic (), commonly referred to in Greek as the president of the Republic (, ΠτΔ), is the head of state of Greece. The president is elected by the Hellenic Parliament; the role has been mainly ceremonial since the 1986 constitutional reform. The office was formally established by the Constitution of Greece in 1975, but has antecedents in the Second Hellenic Republic of 1924–1935 and the Greek junta in 1973–1974 which predated the Metapolitefsi, transition to the current Third Hellenic Republic. Powers The president is the nominal commander-in-chief of the Greek Armed Forces and occupies the first place in the country's order of precedence. Although the Greek Constitution of 1974 vested the presidency with considerable powers on paper, in practice presidents took a largely ceremonial role; the Prime Minister of Greece, prime minister of Greece is the active chief executive of the Greek government an ...
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Christos Sartzetakis
Christos Sartzetakis (; 6 April 1929 – 3 February 2022) was a Greek jurist and a supreme justice of the Court of Cassation, who served as the president of Greece from 1985 to 1990. Early life and education Sartzetakis was born in Neapoli, Thessaloniki, on 6 April 1929. His father, who served as a Gendarmerie officer in Thessaloniki, was a Cretan born in Kandanos, Chania, and his mother was a Greek Macedonian born in Sklithro, Florina. He obtained a degree in law from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Legal career Sartzetakis entered the judicial career in 1955, became Justice of the Peace at Kleisoura, Kastoria, and in 1963, served as judge of the Court of First Instance of Thessaloniki. Assassination of Grigoris Lambrakis and imprisonment by junta On 27 May 1963, the left-wing Member of Parliament Grigoris Lambrakis died four days after being beaten. Sartzetakis was called by the attorney of the Greek Supreme Court Constantine Kollias to proceed with the inves ...
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Giannis Aggelakas
Giannis Aggelakas (Greek: Γιάννης Αγγελάκας) is a Greek singer, songwriter, and poet. Best known as the former lead singer of the Greek rock band Trypes, he maintains a productive solo career since 2000 having experimented with Greek folk music and collaborated with artists like Thanassis Papakonstantinou and Psarantonis Antonios "Antonis" Xylouris (; born September 6, 1937), nicknamed Psarantonis (), is a Greek composer, singer and performer of Lyra (Cretan), lyra, the bowed string instrument of Crete and most popular surviving form of the medieval Byzantine ly .... From 2004 onwards, he maintains his own record label, ''All together Now'' releasing his personal albums from there. Discography For Giannis Aggelakas' releases with the rock group Trypes, see Trypes#Discography *1993 Υπέροχο τίποτα (Beautiful Nothing), (Virgin) *2000 Χώμα & νερό (Earth & Water) *2003 Ο χαμένος τα παίρνει όλα ('' The Loser Takes It Al ...
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Ampelokipoi, Thessaloniki
Ampelokipoi (, meaning vineyards) is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area (not to be confused with the Athenian neighborhood-suburb with the same name and other areas throughout Greece) and was a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Ampelokipoi-Menemeni, of which it is a municipal unit. The population was 35,846 in 2021, with a land area of 1.803 km². Ampelokipoi is the seat of the new Ampelokipoi-Menemeni municipality. Areas Ampelokipoi include the areas of Heptalofos, Skeparni, Kaistri, Philippou and Akriton. Sport activities The municipal sports club AO Ampelokipon has football, basketball, volleyball, swimming and athletic clubs. The local stadium was a training center for the Olympic Games of 2004. Other In the area is located also the Zeitenlik WWI Allied cemetery, such as the Catholic cemetery of Saint Vincent. See also * Zeitenlik * Ampelo ...
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Sykies
Sykies () or Sykeai (Συκεαί) is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and was a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Neapoli-Sykies, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit population is 35,545 (2021 census). Its land area is 7.982 km². History Sykies was mostly built after settling of refugees from Asia Minor in 1922. The refugees were mostly from Rodochori of Asia Minor. The new residents built a new church that dedicated to patron saints from their origin places. A part of the district is named ''Varna'' built by Greeks from Varna Varna may refer to: Places Europe *Varna, Bulgaria, a city ** Varna Province ** Varna Municipality ** Gulf of Varna ** Lake Varna **Varna Necropolis * Vahrn, or Varna, a municipality in Italy * Varna (Šabac), a village in Serbia Asia * Var ..., modern Bulgaria. Other areas include Kallithea, Riga Fera ...
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Stavroupoli
Stavroupoli (, literally ''city of the Cross'') is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th .... Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the Pavlos Melas Municipality, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 3.175 km2. Stavroupoli is located northwest of Thessaloniki's city centre. Geography The Stavroupoli region includes the areas of: :Τερψιθέα (Terpsithea) :Πρόνοια (Welfare) :Αμπελώνες (Vineyards) :Άνω Ηλιούπολη (Upper Ilioupoli) :Κάτω Ηλιούπολη (Lower Ilioupoli) :Νεόκτιστα (New City) :Άνωθεν Ασύλου (Upper Asylum) :Νικό� ...
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Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital city, capital of the geographic regions of Greece, geographic region of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, the administrative regions of Greece, administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace. It is also known in Greek as , literally "the co-capital", a reference to its historical status as the "co-reigning" city () of the Byzantine Empire alongside Constantinople. Thessaloniki is located on the Thermaic Gulf, at the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea. It is bounded on the west by the Axios Delta National Park, delta of the Axios. The Thessaloniki (municipality), municipality of Thessaloniki, the historical centre, had a population of 319,045 in 2021, while the Thessaloniki metropolitan are ...
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Thessaloniki (regional Unit)
Thessaloniki ( ''Mitropolitiki enotita Thessaloníkis'', ''Metropolitan unit of Thessaloniki'') is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Modern regions of Greece, Region of Central Macedonia and its capital is the city of Thessaloniki. Geography The regional unit stretches from the Thermaic Gulf in the southwest to the Strymonian Gulf, Strymonic Gulf in the east. Two bodies of water are located in the north, Lake Koroneia in the heart of the regional unit and Lake Volvi in the east. There are farmlands throughout the west and southwest, with fewer in the northeast, north and along the Axios River valley. Mountainous areas include the Chortiatis in the west-central part, the Vertiskos in the north and parts of the Kerdylio mountains in the northeast. The regional unit borders on the Imathia regional unit to the southwest, Pella (regional unit), Pella to the west, Kilkis (regional unit), Kilkis to the north, Serres (regional unit), Serres to the east and Chalkidiki ...
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List Of Cities Proper By Population Density
This is a list of cities worldwide by population density. The population, population density and land area for the cities listed are based on the entire city proper, the defined boundary or border of a city or the city limits of the city. The population density of the cities listed is based on the average number of people living per square kilometer or per square mile. This list does not refer to the population, population density or land area of the greater metropolitan area or urban area, nor particular districts in any of the cities listed. Cities by population density * Note: links for each country go to the relevant list of cities, when available. See also * List of largest cities * List of metropolitan areas by population density * List of city districts by population density * List of countries and dependencies by population density * List of European Union cities proper by population density * List of United States cities by population density ...
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Population Density
Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopulation Density Geography.about.com. March 2, 2011. Retrieved on December 10, 2011. Biological population densities Population density is population divided by total land area, sometimes including seas and oceans, as appropriate. Low densities may cause an extinction vortex and further reduce fertility. This is called the Allee effect after the scientist who identified it. Examples of the causes of reduced fertility in low population densities are: * Increased problems with locating sexual mates * Increased inbreeding Human densities Population density is the number of people per unit of area, usually transcribed as "per square kilometre" or square mile, and which may include or exclude, for example, ar ...
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