Neapoli () is a suburb of the
Thessaloniki Urban Area
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and a former municipality in the
regional unit of Thessaloniki,
Macedonia
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* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a former administr ...
,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Neapoli-Sykies
Neapoli–Sykies () is a municipality of the Thessaloniki Urban Area in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece and part of the Thessaloniki Urban Area. The seat of the municipality is in Sykies. The municipality has an area ...
, 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
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of , making it one of the
densest places in the world.
Geography
Neapoli is located northwest of the city center of
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 cit ...
. Its neighboring suburbs are those of
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 Eu ...
,
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 ...
,
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 ...
, Thessaloniki and
Ampelokipoi. There are eight districts in Neapoli: Neapoli, Piropathon, Kato Anagennisi, Pano Anagennisi, Kountourioti, Troada, Riga Feraiou, Hydragogio.
People
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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 wit ...
, musician
*
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, Th ...
, former
President of Greece
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References
External links
Official website
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Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit)
Neapoli-Sykies