Ugrinovci (

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also * * * Old Serbian (disambiguation ...

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: Угриновци) is a suburban settlement of

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1,166,763 mi ...

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. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of

Zemun Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; hu, Zimony) is a municipality in the city of Belgrade. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown Belgrade. The developme ...

Location

Ugrinovci is located in the eastern section of the

Syrmia Syrmia ( sh, Srem/Срем or sh, Srijem/Сријем, label=none) is a region of the southern Pannonian Plain, which lies between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia and Croatia. Most of the region is flat, with the exc ...

region, in the western part of the municipality of

, near the administrative border of the municipality of

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

. It is located on the

Batajnica Batajnica ( sr-Cyrl, Батајница, ) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade municipality of Zemun. Location and geography Batajnica is located in the Syrmia region, in the northern ...

- Dobanovci road. In the northern direction to

, which is away, is the new sub-neighborhood of

Busije Busije ( Serbian Cyrillic: Бусије) is a suburban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zemun. Location Busije is a sub-neighborhood of Ugrinovci, the only separate settlement in t ...

, while in the northern direction to Dobanovci (, over the Belgrade-Zagreb highway) is the also new sub-neighbourhood of

Grmovac Grmovac ( Serbian Cyrillic: Грмовац) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zemun. Location Grmovac is a sub-neighborhood of Ugrinovci, which is 3 km away and to wh ...

, both being populated since the mid-1990s with refugees from

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = " Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capi ...

and

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, which almost doubled the population of Ugrinovci.

Demographics

The population of Ugrinovci has been steadily growing for the last four decades. The population according to the official censuses: * 1948 - 1,769 * 1953 - 1,728 * 1961 - 1,895 * 1971 - 2,258 * 1981 - 3,278 * 1991 - 4,007 * 2002 - 7,199 * 2012 - 10,807 Ethnic structure In 2002, 97.33% of residents were Serbs and 0.55% were Romani.

Characteristics

Ugrinovci is a village with the majority of its population employed in agriculture. Since the detachment of the 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 ...

from Zemun in 2003, Ugrinovci has remained the only separate settlement in the municipality of Zemun, as all the other settlements (

Zemun Polje Zemun Polje ( sr, Земун поље) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Zemun. Location Zemun Polje is located on both railway and highway Belgrade-Novi Sad, halfway between the ...

, former city of Zemun, etc.) are part of the Belgrade city proper (''uža teritorija grada''). The name of the village comes from the medieval name for

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(''Ugri'').

References

* Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): ''Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije''; Svjetlost-Sarajevo;

External links

* Suburbs of Belgrade Populated places in Syrmia {{BelgradeRS-geo-stub