Brestovac (Negotin)

Брестовац Brestovac
Basic data
State :	Serbia
Okrug :	boron
Opština :	Negotin
Coordinates :	44 ° 11 '  N , 22 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 10 '59 "  N , 22 ° 24' 3"  E
Height :	200  m. i. J.
Residents :	355 (2002)
Telephone code :	(+381) 019
Postal code :	19306
License plate :	NG
Structure and administration (as of 2008)
Community type:	Village
Mayor :	Bosiljka Lazic
Postal address :	MK Brestovac 19306 Trnjane
Others
City Festival :	Spasovdan

Brestovac ( Cyrillic : Брестовац ) is a village in the Opština Negotin and Bor district in eastern Serbia . It is located three kilometers south of the Negotin - Zaječar road .

The village has a primary school , which was built in 1885.

History and name

The village is mentioned for the first time in Turkish records in the 15th and 16th centuries. According to further records from 1530, the village had only 8 houses, making it the smallest village in the Negotin Opština at that time .

In the 18th century the village was found on Austro-Hungarian maps under the name "Prestowac (Prestovatz)". In 1718 it was called Brestovac, but in 1784 it was called "Brestovacz".

Residents

According to the 2002 census (self-denominated) there were 355 residents, most of them Serbian Orthodox . Of which were:

	number	percent
total	355	100
Serbs	347	97.74
Romanians	6th	1.69
Montenegrins	1	0.28
Croatians	1	0.28

Other censuses:

1921	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991
754	799	792	780	702	607	426

swell

1. ↑ BO will be phased out in the region in the course of the year
2. ↑ Website of the municipality of Negotin - Mesne Kancelarije ( Memento from September 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
3. ↑ Website of the municipality of Negotin  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.