Thessaloniki
City in Macedonia, Greece
Also known as Thessalonica · Salonica · Saloniki
- Country
- Greece(since 1912)
1
- , Ottoman Empire(1430–1912)
- , Empire of Nicaea(1246–1261)
- +9 more
- Greece(since 1912)
- Located in
- Thessaloniki Municipality(since 1869)
- , Macedonia(until 0395)
- Population
- 309,617(2021)
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Sources- 1.“Αποτελέσματα Μόνιμου Πληθυσμού κατά Δημοτική Κοινότητα”statistics.gr/el/2021-census-res-pop-results
- , 315,196(2011)
- , 385,406(2001)
- +8 more
- 309,617(2021)
- Area
- 19.307 km²
- Elevation
- 6 m
- Head of government
- Stelios Aggeloudis(since 2024)
- , Yannis Boutaris(2011–2019)
- , Konstantinos Zervas(2019–2023)
- Founded
- 315 BCE
- Postal code
- 530–539
- , 54015–54655
- , 56404
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
236 statements · 23% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
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Sources- 1.oblrada.dp.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82-%D0%94%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%97-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%96_08-08-min.pdf
- 2.dniprorada.gov.ua/uk/articles/item/9756/u-dnipropetrovska-zjavilos-dva-novih-mistapobratima-solnok-ta-zugdidi
- Named after
- Thessalonike of Macedon
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Sources- 1.“Definition of Thessaloniki”allwords.com/word-Thessaloniki.html
- Thessalonike of Macedon
- Native label
- Θεσσαλονίκη
- Official name
- Θεσσαλονίκη
- Vehicle registration plate code
- MM
- NA
- NB
- NE
- NH
- NI
- NK
- NM
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- NN
- NO
- NP
- NT
- NY
- NX
- NZ
- Demonym
- Thessalonicien applies to part: masculine singular
- солунчанин
- Thessalonicienne applies to part: feminine singular
- Θεσσαλονικιός applies to part: masculine singular
- Θεσσαλονικιά applies to part: feminine singular
- Θεσσαλονικείς applies to part: masculine plural
- Solunčan applies to part: masculine singular
- Solunčanka applies to part: feminine singular
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- Tessalonicesi applies to part: masculine plural
- Time of earliest written record
- 4th century BCE
- Social media followers
- 16,578(May 23, 2023) subreddit: thessaloniki
- Awards
- Erasmus Destination of the Year(2022)
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Sources- 1.“Thessaloniki crowned first-ever Erasmus Destination of the Year at EGM! | ESN.org”esn.org/news/thessaloniki-crowned-first-ever-erasmus-destinationRetrieved 2023-06-30
- Erasmus Destination of the Year(2022)
- Number of viewers/listeners
- 906,146(November 27, 2025) youtube channel id: UCOyY3kMp5iads9j4FBI9Rkg · youtube handle: cityofthessaloniki
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- 906,146(November 27, 2025) youtube channel id: UCOyY3kMp5iads9j4FBI9Rkg · youtube handle: cityofthessaloniki
On other databases
97 identifiers linking Thessaloniki across the web's reference databases
- Alvin IDalvin-place:6439
- ArchINFORM location ID4249
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlinesalonikai
- BBC Things ID69331f90-0086-4938-b7e9-c34e0b8e80bb
- BHCL UUID11845889-eaaf-4f1b-8cc6-58b1dba9abb9
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11948304t
- Biblissima authority IDQ27703
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf12006260
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Greece/Prefectures/Thessaloniki/
- De Agostini IDSalonicco+(città)
- Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID17068
- ELSTAT geographical code0701010001
- Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica IDsalonicco_res-601c0e9f-8c61-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51
- Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale IDsalonicco
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Thessaloniki
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDthessalonique-salonique
- Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID227570
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)17yWd8
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)587551
- Enzyklopädie des europäischen Ostens ID4e63
- EU Participant Identification Code965342449
- EU VAT numberEL998082845
- Facebook usernamecityofthessalonikiofficial
- FactGrid item IDQ92470
- FAST ID1208613
- Freebase ID/m/0b2mc
- GeoNames ID734077
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7011182
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online IDThessaloniki (Central Macedonia, Greece)
- GND ID4051394-4
- GNS Unique Feature ID-829252
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDtessalonica-0
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0065772
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDThessaloniki
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)3529302
- Grove Art Online IDT084506
- Gynopedia IDThessaloniki
- Harper's tagsalonica
- IdRef ID027442675
- INaturalist place ID30819
- Instagram usernamecity.of.thessaloniki
- Interlingual Index IDi83057
- J9U entity ID987007548057505171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID13042
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)13664
- KSW place ID89285
- Lex IDThessaloniki
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn80056641
- Libris-URImkz101253k57gz4
- Museum-digital place ID8338
- MusicBrainz area ID78889222-8f08-40b6-92b1-73f4a98fc533
- Namuwiki ID테살로니키
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/19072133-487B-4C5B-8181-595833C0ED78
- National Library of Brazil ID000088576
- National Library of Greece ID5936
- National Library of Ireland IDvtls001143282
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX452467
- NL CR AUT IDge130890
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3971515
- OpenStreetMap node ID57554537
- OpenStreetMap relation ID11948133
- OpenWeatherMap city ID734077
- Oxford Classical Dictionary ID6397
- PACTOLS thesaurus IDpcrtxy1Q6YZpee
- Pinakes city ID579
- Pleiades ID491741
- Quora topic IDThessaloniki-Greece
- Reddit topic ID (obsolete)thessaloniki
- RKD thesaurus ID21595
- SBN place IDBASL000417
- SELIBR ID159215
- SNARC IDQ97795
- Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri IDgeografico/1202844
- Subredditthessaloniki
- SVKKL authority ID0405942-Solun-recko
- TDV Encyclopedia of Islam IDselanik
- ToposText place ID406229PThs
- Treccani IDsalonicco
- Treccani's Dizionario di Storia IDsalonicco
- Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana IDsalonicco
- Tripadvisor ID189473
- U.S. National Archives Identifier10045737
- UK Parliament thesaurus ID13265
- UN/LOCODEGRSKG
- Vatican Library VcBA ID494/20546
- VIAF cluster ID312797568
- Vikidia article IDfr:Thessalonique
- Wellcome Collection concept IDdyydsf7v
- Who's on First ID101752331
- Wolfram Language entity codeEntity["Castle", "Thessalonica"]