Grabovac is a
village
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in the
municipality
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The term ''municipality ...
of
Svilajnac
Svilajnac ( sr-cyr, Свилајнац, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pomoravlje District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 9,131 inhabitants, while the municipality has 23,391 inhabitants.
It is located south-east o ...
,
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 Hung ...
. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 1012 people.
[Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ] Name of the village derives from the grab forest (lat.
Carpinus betulus
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) that once stood in its spot. The birth house of
Stevan Sindjelic is located in the center of the village and it is open to the public.
References
Populated places in Pomoravlje District
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