Svileuva () is a village, located in the

Koceljeva Koceljeva ( sr-cyr, Коцељева) is a village and municipality located in the Mačva District of western Serbia. According to the 2011 census results, the population of the village is 4,182, while population of the municipality is 13,129. Set ...

municipality, in

Mačva District The Mačva District ( sr, / , ) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia. It expands in the western parts of Serbia, in the geographical regions of Mačva, Podrinje, Posavina, and Pocerina. According to the 2011 ...

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

. In 2011, the population of the village was 1,464. Serbia Koceljeva

History

The Svileuva area was first mentioned by Roman sources from I to IV A.D. in the

Sirmium Sirmium was a city in the Roman province of Pannonia, located on the Sava river, on the site of modern Sremska Mitrovica in the Vojvodina autonomous provice of Serbia. First mentioned in the 4th century BC and originally inhabited by Illyrians an ...

district. Svileuva is a significant archaeology site from the

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

imperial period. 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 ...

, 21,000 Roman coins were discovered in one excavation. Svileuva was an important city in the Serbian Uprisings, where the Serbs defeated an Ottoman faction.

Historical population

*1948: 2,734 *1953: 2,897 *1961: 2,875 *1971: 2,589 *1981: 2,462 *1991: 2,274 *2002: 1,807''In Serbian'' Књига 9, ''Становништво, упоредни преглед броја становника 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002, подаци по насељима'', Републички завод за статистику, Београд, мај 2004, *2011: 1,464

History

Historical population

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