Cvetojevac ( sr, Цветојевац) is a village in the

Šumadija District The Šumadija District ( sr, / , ) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia. It is located in the central parts of the country. According to the 2011 census results, it has a population of 293,308 inhabitants, a ...

, Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 841. It belonged to

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Aerodrom from 2002. to 2008. when municipality was abolished. Village was founded in the year 1789. Fields are 504.47 ha, orchards 24.32 ha, vineyards 4.12 ha, meadows 90.83 ha, pastures 9.86 ha, while the rest of the land occupies 7.85 ha.

Geography

The territory of the village of Cvetojevac is located in the central part of Serbia. It is located in the eastern part of

Šumadija Šumadija (, sr-Cyrl, Шумадија) is a geographical region in the central part of Serbia. The area used to be heavily covered with forests, hence the name (from ''šuma'' 'forest'). The city of Kragujevac is the administrative center of the ...

and covers the catchment area of the middle flow of Lepenica river (the tributaries of the

Great Morava The Great Morava ( sr, Велика Морава, Velika Morava, ) is the final section of the Morava ( sr-Cyrl, Морава), a major river system in Serbia. Etymology According to Predrag Komatina from the Institute for Byzantine Studies ...

river) on whose left bank is located. Surface area of Cvetojevac occupies an area of 750 hectares and is located in the eastern part of the territory of the city of

Kragujevac Kragujevac ( sr-Cyrl, Крагујевац, ) is the fourth largest city in Serbia and the administrative centre of the Šumadija District. It is the historical centre of the geographical region of Šumadija in central Serbia, and is situated on ...

. Cvetojevac borders on the north with Resnik, in the east with Botunje south with Korman and Jovanovac and in the west with Novi Milanovac. Cvetojevac is located at 206 meters above sea level, about 10 km northeast of

and about 130 km south of

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

. The railway line

Lapovo Lapovo ( sr-cyrl, Лапово) is a town and municipality located in the Šumadija District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 7,837 according to the 2011 census. History The first mention of ''Lapovo'' dates from the 12th century ...

–

Kraljevo Kraljevo ( sr-cyr, Краљево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Raška District in central Serbia. It is situated on the confluence of West Morava and Ibar, in the geographical region of Šumadija, between the mountains of K ...

passes through the settlement. It is located near the

State Road 24 (Serbia) State Road 24 is an IB-class/ expressway road in central Serbia, connecting Batočina with Kraljevo. It is located in Šumadija and Western Serbia Šumadija (, sr-Cyrl, Шумадија) is a geographical region in the central part of Serbia. ...

, Batocina –

History

According to the legend, the village was named after someone named Cvetoje who first came to the area of today's village. According to historical data, Cvetojevac was founded during the Koča's frontier, around 1789. It was founded by five families: Asurjići, Biorci, Miyailovići, Mladenovići and Sretenovići. Over time, the village grew by settlement of the population. During the

First Serbian Uprising The First Serbian Uprising ( sr, Prvi srpski ustanak, italics=yes, sr-Cyrl, Први српски устанак; tr, Birinci Sırp Ayaklanması) was an uprising of Serbs in the Sanjak of Smederevo against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February 18 ...

, 8 families settled, and after 1815, another 15 families settled.Тодор Радивојевић, Лепеница, насеља порекло становништва, обичаји, приредио Борислав Челиковић, Београд 2010. стр 641–642. According to the population census in 1903, Cvetojevac had 634, and seven years later 793 inhabitants. After the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, Cvetojevac numbered 735 people, and the decline in the number of inhabitants can be attributed to the great suffering of Serbs in the war. After the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, the number of inhabitants varied from 692 in 1981 to 776 in 1991. The latest census showed an increase in the number of inhabitants, and now Cvetojevac has 841 inhabitants, the largest number in history. This was influenced by the proximity of the city of Kragujevac, which is only 10 kilometers away from the settlement. There is a Jewish cemetery in the village, and the village patron saint is

St. Luke Luke the Evangelist (Latin: '' Lucas''; grc, Λουκᾶς, '' Loukâs''; he, לוקאס, ''Lūqās''; arc, /ܠܘܩܐ לוקא, ''Lūqā’; Ge'ez: ሉቃስ'') is one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of t ...

. The village church is dedicated to the Holy Prophet Elijah. In the village there is an elementary school "19. October ", which is subsidiary of its parent school in Maršić.Донација кола српских сестара школи у Цветојевцу
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References

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