Municipality of Thessaloniki

Municipality of Thessaloniki Δήμος Θεσσαλονίκης
View of the city and the sea from the upper city
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Thessaloniki (regional unit)
Government
• Mayor	Yiannis Boutaris
Area
• Municipality	19,307 km^2 (7,454 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Municipality	324,766
• Municipality density	17/km^2 (44/sq mi)
Community
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.thessaloniki.gr/

The Municipality of Thessaloniki (Greek: Δήμος Θεσσαλονίκης) is the second largest municipality by population in Greece after the Municipality of Athens. According to the 2011 Greek census, it has a population of 324,766 inhabitants.^[2] The municipality includes the historical center (including the majority of city's monuments^[3]) and about one third of the Thessaloniki Urban Area.

History

The Municipality of Thessaloniki was founded in 1869, one year after the foundation of the Municipality of Istanbul.^[4] The first mayor of the city was the Ottoman Suleiman Sundi.^[5] Another notable mayor of the Ottoman era was Ahmed Hamdi Bey Galizade (1893–1895, 1901–1907, 1907–1908) while the last Muslim mayor was Osman Sait Bey (1912–1916, 1920–1922), who remained in office until the Greek–Turkish population exchange.^[6] The first Greek mayor of Thessaloniki was Konstantinos Angelakis while the current mayor is Yiannis Boutaris, who is in office since 2010.^[7]

Division

The Municipality is divided in six municipal districts; First which includes the historical centre of the city, the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair's, the University's regions etc, Second which includes suburbs such as Vardari and Xirokrini, Third (Eptapyrgio and Ano Poli) Fourth (Toumba), Fifth (Nea Elvetia, Charilaou, Analipsi etc) and the former municipality of Triandria.

Thessaloniki's urban and metropolitan areas as of 2011 - The Municipality of Thessaloniki is no. 1 in this map.

Culture

The Municipality of Thessaloniki owns the management of several culture sites. The Municipal Art Gallery, the Municipal Theatre Aneton, the History Center of Thessaloniki (el), Vafopouleion (el), the Culture Centre of Western Thessaloniki, Alaca Imaret, Yeni Cami, Villa Petridi and also several local libraries are under the administration of the municipality.^[8][9]

Other culture foundations within the municipality are the Archaeological Museum, the Art Gallery of the Society for Macedonian Studies, the Jewish Museum, the Museum of Photography, the Museum of Byzantine Culture etc.

Municipality of Thessaloniki owns one television channel (TV 100) and three radio stations (FM 100, FM 100,6 και FM 101).

Monuments

The Municipality of Thessaloniki includes within its borders the majority of city's ancient, Byzantine, Ottoman and modern landmarks and monuments. Some of them are the Arch of Galerius and Rotunda, the Byzantine Bath of the Upper Town, the Basilica of St Demetrios, the White Tower of Thessaloniki, Villa Bianca, Ladadika, the Alaca Imaret Mosque, the OTE Tower etc.

References

1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
2. "ΕΛΣΤΑΤ, Ελληνική Απογραφή 2011 - Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός" [ELSTAT, Greek census 2011] (PDF). 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
3. "Monuments of Thessaloniki". City of Thessaloniki. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
4. Mazower, Mark. Θεσσαλονίκη, πόλη των φαντασμάτων. Athens: Αλεξάνδρεια. p. 293. ISBN 960-221-354-X.
5. Repousi, Maria. "Ιστορία της πόλης της Θεσσαλονίκης, 1870-1920". Σελίδες Χρηστών Α.Π.Θ. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
6. "Liste of Turkish mayors of Thessaloniki" (PDF) (in Turkish). Retrieved 14 September 2015.
7. "Ο Δήμαρχος". Municipality of Thessaloniki. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
8. "Πολιτισμός". Municipality of Thessaloniki. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
9. "Arts and Culture". Retrieved 14 September 2015.

Coordinates: 40°37′16″N 22°56′46″E / 40.6212°N 22.9460°E