The Southern and Eastern Serbia () is one of five

statistical regions of Serbia The statistical regions of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, статистички региони Србије, statistički regioni Srbije, separator=" / ") are regulated by the ''Law of the Regional Development'' and the ''Law of the Official Statis ...

. It is also a Level-2 statistical region according to the

Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS () is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003, is developed and regulated by the European ...

(NUTS).

History

In 2009, the National Assembly adopted a law which divided Serbia into seven statistical regions. At first, it was decided that in the territory of current statistical region of Southern and Eastern Serbia there would be two statistical regions – Eastern Region () and Southern Region (). However, in 2010, the law was changed, thus the Eastern and Southern regions were merged into a single statistical region named Southern and Eastern Serbia.

Administrative districts

The statistical region of Southern and Eastern Serbia encompasses 9 administrative districts:

Demographics

The region is heavily affected by depopulation. Most critical situation is in municipalities of

Gadžin Han Gadžin Han ( sr-cyr, Гаџин Хан) is a village and municipality located in the Nišava District of the southern Serbia. According to 2022 census, the municipality has 5,850 inhabitants, from which 1,194 live in Gadžin Han itself. Geogra ...

Crna Trava Crna Trava ( sr-Cyr, Црна Трава, ) is a village and municipality located in the Jablanica District of southern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the population of the village is 338 inhabitants, while population of the municipality is ...

Ražanj Ražanj () is a village and municipality located in the Nišava District of southern Serbia. The municipality consists of 23 settlements having a total population of 7,010 inhabitants, with 1,138 inhabitants living in Ražanj itself (2022 census ...

Trgovište Trgovište ( sr-cyr, Трговиште) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. According to 2022 census, the population of the town is 1,711, while population of the municipality is 4,316. Settlements As ...

, Dimitrovgrad, and

Bosilegrad Bosilegrad ( sr-cyr, Босилеград; ) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. The municipality comprises an area of . According to the 2022 census, the town has a population of 2,348, while the municip ...

. A stark example of depopulation is Crna Trava, which used to have 13,614 inhabitants in 1948, while in 2022 only 1,063 people were registered.

Cities and towns

The following list include cities and towns with over 20,000 inhabitants.

Ethnic structure

References

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Usvojene izmene i dopune Zakona o regionalnom-razvoju
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