Kordelio-Evosmos
Municipality in Greece
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Kordelio–Evosmos (Greek: Κορδελιό-Εύοσμος, Kordelió-Évosmos) is a municipality of the Thessaloniki Urban Area in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is in Evosmos.[3] The municipality has an area of 13.358 km2[4] and a population of 105,352 people (2021 census).[2]
Kordelio-Evosmos
Κορδελιό-Εύοσμος | |
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  Kordelio-Evosmos Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 40°40′N 22°54′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Thessaloniki |
| Seat | Evosmos |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Eleftherios Alexandridis[1] (since 2023) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 13.36 km2 (5.16 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Municipality | 105,352 |
| • Density | 7,886/km2 (20,420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Municipality
The municipality Kordelio–Evosmos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[3]
Neighbourhoods
Municipal Unit of Evosmos
- Evangelismos
- Agios Kosmas
- Kato Evosmos
- Kato Ilioupoli
- Nea Politeia
- Ano Nea Politeia
Municipal Unit of Kordelio
- Neo Kordelio
- Eleftheria
- Dialogi
Transportation
In the area an important number of bus lines are operated both by the Thessaloniki Urban Transport Organization and Thessaloniki's KTEL (KTEL (Greece)). Those being:
- 1 Efkarpia – Nosokomeio Papageorgiou – KTEL (Thessaloniki Intercity Bus Station)
- 18 Agioi Anargyroi – Kordelio
- 19 Eleftherio Kordelio – Neos Sidirodromikos Stathmos (Thessaloniki railway station)
- 20 Menemeni – Aristotelous
- 21 Evosmos – Aristotelous
- 21A Evosmos – Aristotelous through Koimitiria Evosmou (Western Thessaloniki Cemeteries)
- 32 Kato Ilioupoli – Aristotelous
- 32A Kato Ilioupoli – Aristotelous through Gymnastirio
- 42 Kordelio – Koimitiria Evosmou (Western Thessaloniki Cemeteries)
- 42A Kordelio – Koimitiria Evosmou through Menemeni
- 42B Kordelio – Koimitiria Evosmou through Ampelokipoi
- 43 Topiko Evosmou (Evosmos Local Line)
- 43Y Evosmos – Voulgari (Express Line)
Population
| Year | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Evosmos | Kordelio | |
| 1940 | 1,475 | 1,554 |
| 1951 | 2,055 | 1,951 |
| 1961 | 7,713 | 4,430 |
| 1971 | 22,390 | 9,159 |
| 1981 | 26,528 | 12,595 |
| 1991 | 29,331 | 16,885 |
| 2001 | 54,825 | 22,349 |
| 2011 | 74.686 | 27.067 |
| 2021 | 79,221 | 26,131 |
List of mayors of Kordelio-Evosmos
The list includes the Mayors of Evosmos as predecessors to the Mayors of Kordelio-Evosmos since the seat of the municipality remained in Evosmos.
| # | Name | Term | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term start | Term end | Term Duration | |||
| Mayors of Evosmos (1973–2010) | |||||
| 1 | Savas Daniilidis | 21 February 1973 | 4 October 1974 | 1 year, 194 days | Independent |
| 2 | Eleftherios Polichroniadis | 4 October 1974 | 30 May 1975 | 239 days | Independent |
| 3 | Stamatis Dionysiou | 1 June 1975 | 31 December 1990 | 15 years, 210 days | Communist |
| 4 | Panagiotis Alexandridis | 1 January 1991 | 31 December 2006 | 16 years | Independent |
| 5 | Demetrios Chatzivretas | 1 January 2007 | 31 December 2010 | 4 years | Independent |
| Mayors of Kordelio-Evosmos (2010 – today) | |||||
| 1 | Efstathios Lafazanidis | 1 January 2011 | 31 August 2014 | 3 years, 240 days | Independent |
| 2 | Petros Soulas | 1 September 2014 | 31 August 2019 | 5 years | Independent |
| 3 | Kleanthis Mandalianos | 1 September 2019 | 31 December 2023 | 4 years, 122 days | Independent |
| 4 | Eleftherios Alexandridis | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | In office | Independent |
