Svrljig ( sr-cyr, Сврљиг, ) is a town and municipality located in the
Nišava District
The Nišava District ( sr, Нишавски округ, Nišavski okrug, ) is one of nine administrative districts of Southern and Eastern Serbia. It expands to the south-eastern parts of Serbia. According to the 2011 census results, it has a ...
of the
southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the town has a population of 7,553 inhabitants, while the municipality has 14,249.
Geography
Svrljig is situated on the
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of ...
Svrljiški Timok
The Svrljiški Timok (Serbian Cyrillic: , "Timok of Svrljig") is a river in Serbia, headwater of the Beli Timok. It rises north of the Mountains of Svrljig near the village of Šesti Gabar at elevation 1,078 m and flows to the west, curving ar ...
, 30 km east from
Niš
Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, whi ...
, the third largest city in
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hu ...
. Nearby villages include
Crnoljevica and
Prekonoga
Prekonoga is a village in the municipality of Svrljig
Svrljig ( sr-cyr, Сврљиг, ) is a town and municipality located in the Nišava District of the southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the town has a population of 7,553 inhabitants ...
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Settlements
Aside from the town of Svrljig, the municipality includes the following settlements:
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Beloinje
Beloinje is a village in Serbia, in the municipality of Svrljig in Nisava district . According to the census of 2002, there were 343 people (according to the census of 1991, there were 415 inhabitants).
Demographics
In the village Beloinje live 29 ...
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Bučum
Bučum is a village in the municipality of Svrljig
Svrljig ( sr-cyr, Сврљиг, ) is a town and municipality located in the Nišava District of the southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the town has a population of 7,553 inhabitants, wh ...
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Burdimo
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Crnoljevica
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Davidovac
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Drajinac
Drajinac is a village in the municipality of Svrljig
Svrljig ( sr-cyr, Сврљиг, ) is a town and municipality located in the Nišava District of the southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the town has a population of 7,553 inhabitants, ...
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Đurinac
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Galibabinac
Galibabinac is a village in the municipality of Svrljig
Svrljig ( sr-cyr, Сврљиг, ) is a town and municipality located in the Nišava District of the southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the town has a population of 7,553 inhabitant ...
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Gojmanovac
Gojmanovac is a village in the municipality of Svrljig
Svrljig ( sr-cyr, Сврљиг, ) is a town and municipality located in the Nišava District of the southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the town has a population of 7,553 inhabitants ...
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Grbavče
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Gulijan
Gulijan is a village in the municipality of Svrljig
Svrljig ( sr-cyr, Сврљиг, ) is a town and municipality located in the Nišava District of the southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the town has a population of 7,553 inhabitants, w ...
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Guševac
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Izvor
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Kopajkošara
Kopajkošara is a village in the municipality of Svrljig
Svrljig ( sr-cyr, Сврљиг, ) is a town and municipality located in the Nišava District of the southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the town has a population of 7,553 inhabita ...
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Labukovo
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Lalinac
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Lozan
Lozan is a village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging ...
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Lukovo
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Manojlica
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Mečji Do
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Merdželat
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Niševac
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Okolište
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Okruglica
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Palilula
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Periš
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Pirkovac
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Plužina
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Popšica
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Prekonoga
Prekonoga is a village in the municipality of Svrljig
Svrljig ( sr-cyr, Сврљиг, ) is a town and municipality located in the Nišava District of the southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the town has a population of 7,553 inhabitants ...
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Radmirovac
Radmirovac is a village in the municipality of Svrljig
Svrljig ( sr-cyr, Сврљиг, ) is a town and municipality located in the Nišava District of the southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the town has a population of 7,553 inhabitant ...
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Ribare
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Slivje
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Šljivovik
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Tijovac
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Varoš
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Vlahovo
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Željevo
History
Anthropology
An anthropological study by Mihailo Kostić claimed that the Svrljig province was inhabited by mostly an "olden" population, while part descends from "colonists from the second half of the 15th century".
According to Petar Vlahović, Svrljig is part of the Serbian
Šopi ethnographical region.
Middle Ages
Svrljig was the name of a ''
župa
A župa (or zhupa, županija) is a historical type of administrative division in Southeast Europe and Central Europe, that originated in medieval South Slavic culture, commonly translated as "parish", later synonymous "kotar", commonly transl ...
'' (county) in the Middle Ages. It is mentioned (for the first time) in the geographical list of counties and cities in the 1019–20 charters of Byzantine Emperor
Basil II
Basil II Porphyrogenitus ( gr, Βασίλειος Πορφυρογέννητος ;) and, most often, the Purple-born ( gr, ὁ πορφυρογέννητος, translit=ho porphyrogennetos).. 958 – 15 December 1025), nicknamed the Bulgar S ...
.
The settlement and its surrounding region is mentioned as part of the
Eparchy of Niš. In 1183, Svrljig and other nearby fortifications were taken over by Serbian Grand Prince
Stefan Nemanja
Stefan Nemanja (Serbian Cyrillic: , ; – 13 February 1199) was the Grand Prince ( Veliki Župan) of the Serbian Grand Principality (also known as Raška, lat. ) from 1166 to 1196. A member of the Vukanović dynasty, Nemanja founded the Nema ...
. The fortification mostly dates to the medieval Serbian period.
[ It was situated on the road which connected Niš with the road to Constantinople. An evangelion manuscript written in Svrljig in the Serbian redaction of Old Slavic dating to 1279 is preserved in fragments.] After the fall of Braničevo under the Serbian king Stefan Milutin
Stefan Uroš II Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Урош II Милутин, Stefan Uroš II Milutin; 1253 – 29 October 1321), known as Stefan Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Милутин, Stefan Milutin), was the King of Serbia between 1282&nd ...
in 1290s Svrljig became a border region. Svrljig was conquered and plundered in 1413 by Ottoman prince Musa Çelebi.[ It was then part of ]Stefan Lazarević
Stefan Lazarević ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Лазаревић, 1377 – 19 July 1427), also known as Stefan the Tall ( sr, Стефан Високи / ''Stefan Visoki''), was the ruler of Serbia as prince (1389–1402) and despot (1402–1427), ...
's Serbian Despotate
The Serbian Despotate ( sr, / ) was a medieval Serbian state in the first half of the 15th century. Although the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 is generally considered the end of medieval Serbia, the Despotate, a successor of the Serbian Empire ...
.[
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Early modern period
The town was known as ''Isferlik'' and ''Isfirlig'' in Ottoman Turkish. It was administratively part of the Sanjak of Vidin
The Sanjak of Vidin or the Vidin Sanjak ( bg, Видински санджак, sr, Видински санџак, tr, Vidin Sancağı) was a sanjak in the Ottoman Empire, with Vidin as its administrative centre. It was established after the Batt ...
.
Modern
During the Toplica Uprising
The Toplica Uprising ( sr, Топлички устанак) was a mass uprising against Bulgarian occupation force, that took place in Bulgarian occupied Serbia during the First World War. The rebels were motivated by grievances against the Bu ...
(1917), Serbian guerrilla bands were active in the region.
In 1922, the Niš–Svrljig–Knjaževac–Zaječar highway was built. From 1929 to 1941, Svrljig was part of the Morava Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 191 ...
. During World War II, Yugoslav Partisans
The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод� ...
were active in the region.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Svrljig has 14,249 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups
The ethnic composition of the municipality is:
Economy
The following table gives a preview of total number of employed people per their core activity (as of 2017):
See also
* Nišava District
The Nišava District ( sr, Нишавски округ, Nišavski okrug, ) is one of nine administrative districts of Southern and Eastern Serbia. It expands to the south-eastern parts of Serbia. According to the 2011 census results, it has a ...
* Subdivisions of Serbia
The administrative divisions of Serbia ( sr, административна подела Србије, аdministrativna podela Srbije) are regulated by the Government of Serbia ''Enactment'' of 29 January 1992,Government of SerbiaDistricts In Ser ...
References
External links
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Populated places in Nišava District
Municipalities and cities of Southern and Eastern Serbia