Joševa (Loznica)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Јошева
Joševa
Јошева

Serbian Orthodox Christ Resurrection Church in the village

Joševa (Loznica) does not have a coat of arms
Joševa (Loznica) (Serbia)
Paris plan pointer b jms.svg
Basic data
State : Serbia
Okrug : Okrug Mačva
Opština : Loznica
Coordinates : 44 ° 35 '  N , 19 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 35 '7 "  N , 19 ° 24' 18"  E
Height : 173  m. i. J.
Residents : 1,037 (2011)
Telephone code : (+381) 015
Postal code : 15308
License plate : LO
Structure and administration
Community type: Village
Mayor : Pantelija Petrovic

Joševa ( Serbian-Cyrillic : Јошева) is a village in the Opština Loznica (municipality Loznica) in western Serbia .

geography

The monastery church of the Serbian Orthodox Monastery Manastir Sv. Romanovi on the outskirts of Joševa

Joševa is located in Opština Loznica , in Okrug Mačva in north-western central Serbia , in the historical Jadar region , which is part of the Serbian- Bosnian border region Podrinje , named after the Drina river .

The village lies at the foot of the Cer and Iverak mountains . Joševa consists of three parts of the village: Lužanica, Rečani and Potočari.

The village is located northeast of the municipal capital Loznica. The neighboring villages of Joševa are: Jadranska Lešnica , Veliko Selo , Kamenica and Čokešina .

The climate in the village is continental , but has many hours of sunshine and there are mainly north, south and east winds.

Waters

There are eight wells in the village. The village is traversed by the Lešnica river, which has its source at the Dobra Voda spring . In the village the Joševica brook , which flows through the village and gives the place its name, flows into the Lešnica.

population

The place had 1,037 inhabitants at the 2011 census, compared to 1,123 inhabitants in 2002. According to the last three population statistics, the population of Joševa continues to fall.

The majority of the inhabitants of the village are Serbs . But there are also a large number of Roma living in Joševa.

The Joševa Culture House

Demographics

year population
1948 1245
1953 1329
1961 1346
1971 1190
1981 1228
1991 1207
2002 1123
2011 1037
Joševa's village elementary school

religion

The population of the village professes the Serbian Orthodox Church . The Serbian Orthodox Church of the Resurrection of Christ , built in 1998, is located in Joševa , the parish church of the Joševa parish in the dean's office of Jadar of the Šabac eparchy , the Serbian Orthodox Church.

The Slava of the village is Ascension Day (Spasovdan). The parish of Joševa consists of two villages: Joševa and Kamenica.

The Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Manastir Sv. Romanovi . The monastery is dedicated to the Holy Family, the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II .

Infrastructure

Joševa owns a village primary school, a post office, a house of the local community (Mesna zajednica), a kindergarten (since 2011), a culture house (Dom kulture) from 1948, a disco (opened in 2011), a blacksmith's shop and an inn.

supporting documents