Laznica ( sr-Cyrl, Лазница; ) is a large highland village in

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. It is located in the municipality of

Žagubica Žagubica ( sr-cyr, Жагубица, ; or ) is a village and municipality located in the Braničevo District of the eastern Serbia. It is situated in the geographical region of Homolje. The population of the village is 2,110 while population o ...

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. The village has an ethnic Timok Romanian ("Vlach") majority and its population numbering 2,063 people (2002 census). Laznica is settled in the north of mountain range of

Homolje Homolje ( sr-Cyrl, Хомоље, ) is a small geographical regions of Serbia, region in east Serbia south of the Danube river. It is centered on the town of Žagubica, with smaller parts belonging to municipalities of Kučevo, Majdanpek and Petr ...

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Geography

Latitude (DMS) of the village is 44° 14' 25N and longitude (DMS) is 21° 48' 36E. The altitude is 433 meters.

History & Culture

A little is known about this village in the old ages - the only fact remains that it has been constantly populated by people from the

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conquer of Triballian and Dacian lands that have become

Dacia Superior Roman Dacia ( ; also known as ; or Dacia Felix, ) was a province of the Roman Empire from 106 to 271–275 AD. Its territory consisted of what are now the regions of Oltenia, Transylvania and Banat (today all in Romania, except the last regio ...

and Dacia Minor. In the stone hill above Laznica the `Krsia cu Albineli`, the archaeologists have found prehistorical axes, knives and everyday dishes and also, on the same spot, remnants of an old border Roman fortress. The village was first time mentioned in Ottoman census ( Braničevski tefter) in 1433 (est.) with 7 households.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

Vlachs Vlach ( ), also Wallachian and many other variants, is a term and exonym used from the Middle Ages until the Modern Era to designate speakers of Eastern Romance languages living in Southeast Europe—south of the Danube (the Balkan peninsula ...

" = 1,308 *

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian lan ...

= 581 *

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

(self-declared) = 7 *

Yugoslavs Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Jugoslaveni/Jugosloveni, Југославени/Југословени; ; ) is an identity that was originally conceived to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has been used in two connotations: ...

= 4 *

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

= 1 *undeclared = 151 *unknown = 11

Ethnic groups (2011 census)

Total population
2351 of which 630 abroad - 1721
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" = 1,338 *

= 150 *

(self-declared) = 158 *undeclared = 25 *unknown = 50

Ethnic groups (2022 census)

References

External links

How to reach Laznica?

Laznica, great gallery, among first sites

Maintained as great news portal

Main online beautiful Homolje portal
{{Žagubica Populated places in Braničevo District Romanian communities in Serbia