Kamenica (Loznica)

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Каменица
Kamenica
Каменица

House of the former local community in Kamenica

Kamenica (Loznica) does not have a coat of arms
Kamenica (Loznica) (Serbia)
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Basic data
State : Serbia
Okrug : Okrug Mačva
Opština : Loznica
Coordinates : 44 ° 35 '  N , 19 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 34 '34 "  N , 19 ° 26' 11"  E
Height : 217  m. i. J.
Residents : 170 (2011)
Telephone code : (+381) 015
License plate : LO
Structure and administration
Community type: Village

Kamenica ( Serbian Cyrillic : Каменица) is a village in the Opština Loznica (Loznica municipality) in western Serbia .

Surname

The name of the village is derived from the Serbian word Kamen , which means in German : stone .

Since there are several places with the name Kamenica in former Yugoslavia , the village is also known as Loznička Kamenica .

geography

Kamenica is located in the Opština Loznica , in the 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 is located in the valley of the Kamenička Reka River , at the foot of the Cer and Iverak Mountains . The village forest and the village pastures, formerly owned by the villagers, now owned by the state, are located in the two mountains.

The village is located northeast of the municipal capital Loznica. The neighboring villages of Kamenica are: Ribarice , Jarebice , Joševa and Milina .

The climate in the village is continental . The rivers Kamenička Reka and Lešnica flow through Kamenica .

population

The place had 170 inhabitants at the 2011 census, compared to 189 inhabitants in 2002. According to the last three population statistics, the population of Kamenica continues to fall.

The inhabitants of the village are Serbs .

Demographics

year population
1948 254
1953 272
1961 258
1971 260
1981 242
1991 244
2002 189
2011 170

religion

The population of the village professes the Serbian Orthodox Church . Kamenica does not have its own church building .

Kamenica belongs to the parish Joševa in the deanery Jadar of the eparchy Šabac , the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Infrastructure

Kamenica has a local community house (Mesna zajednica). In the meantime, however, Kamenica is no longer a mesna zajednica and the building is used as a village shop.

The villagers make a living from agriculture and animal husbandry. In addition, some work in the timber industry and the mining of small coal deposits on the outskirts of the village.

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