Boljevci ( sr-cyr, Бољевци, ()) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade,

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. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of

Surčin Surčin ( sr-Cyrl, Сурчин, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. As of 2011 census, it has a population of 43,819 inhabitants. It is the newest municipality of Belgrade, having split from the municipality of Zemun in 2003. Its most ...

Location

Boljevci is located on the left bank of the

Sava The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally t ...

river, in the south-central part of the municipality, in the Syrmia region (the sub-region of Podlužje, east of the ''Bojčinska'' woods). It is 12 kilometers south of its municipal seat, Surčin, and some 30 kilometers of downtown Belgrade. It is located on the road which connects Surčin to

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(through

Jakovo Jakovo ( sr-cyr, Јаково) is a suburban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Surčin. Location Jakovo is located in the south-eastern part of Syrmia (sub-region of Podlužje), 24 kilometers south-we ...

) and continues further into the province of

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(the village of

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Demographics

Boljevci is statistically classified as a rural settlement (village). It had a steady population growth until the 1960s when the population began to fluctuate. According to the latest official population census, population on Boljevci was 4,094 in 2011. Ethnic structure (census of 2002):

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

2,653 (65,41%), Slovaks 1,132 (27,91%),

Yugoslavs Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( Bosnian and Croatian: ''Jugoslaveni'', Serbian and Macedonian ''Jugosloveni''/Југословени; sl, Jugoslovani) is an identity that was originally designed to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has b ...

40 (0,98%). The most well-known song of Slovak residents of Boljevci is ''Boľovčania čo robíte''.

Characteristics

The remains belonging to the

Scordisci The Scordisci ( el, Σκορδίσκοι) were a Celtic Iron Age cultural group centered in the territory of present-day Serbia, at the confluence of the Savus (Sava), Dravus (Drava), Margus (Morava) and Danube rivers. They were historically n ...

, a Celtic tribe which founded

Singidunum Singidunum ( sr, Сингидунум/''Singidunum'') was an ancient city which later evolved into modern Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The name is of Celtic origin, going back to the time when Celtic tribe Scordisci settled the area in the 3r ...

and Taurunum, the predecessors of Belgrade and Zemun, respectively, were found in Boljevci. Boljevci is located in the marshy

floodplain A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...

of the Sava. On the west of Boljevci, is a larger pond of Živača, used for the "Boljevci" fish pond. There is a nautical complex in Boljevci, the Nautical Village "Biser". It consists of the row of 16 floating

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and the berths on the Sava bank. Apart from restaurants, both on the water and on the land, the complex includes promenades, sports fields and the surrounding of forest. Until the early 1960s Boljevci had its own municipality which was then annexed to the municipality of Surčin. After the WW2 communist created the PKB and took all agricultural land called "Livade" (Serbian) or "Pažiť & Drienska" (Slovak) from the Slovak church. The agricultural land has recently been returned to the church but the state didn't pay any compensation for using their land since second world war.

References

Sources

* Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): ''Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije''; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; * Vlado Gallo, JuDr, Bratislava. Suburbs of Belgrade Former and proposed municipalities of Belgrade Populated places in Syrmia Surčin {{BelgradeRS-geo-stub