Lonjin
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Лоњин Lonjin |
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| State : | Serbia | ||||
| Okrug : | Okrug Mačva | ||||
| Opština : | Lyubovija | ||||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 13 ' N , 19 ° 21' E | ||||
| Height : | 445 m. i. J. | ||||
| Residents : | 325 (2011) | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+381) 015 | ||||
| License plate : | LO | ||||
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| Community type: | Village | ||||
Lonjin ( Serbian Cyrillic : Лоњин) is a village in western Serbia on the banks of the Drina River , on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina .
Geography and population
location
The village is located in the Ljubovija Opština , in the Okrug Mačva . Lonjin belongs to the historical Azbukovica region which is part of the Podrinje Greater Region . The Azbukovica Region includes the entire Ljubovija Opština. The hamlet of Rakići also belongs to the village .
The neighboring villages of Lonjin are: in the south Čitluk , in the north Gračanica , in the east Donja Ljuboviđa , all three are in Serbia and belong to the same municipality as Lonjin, namely Ljubovija. Only the neighboring village to the west on the other side of the Drina, Mihaljevići, belongs to Opština Bratunac in the Republika Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The village is about 4 km north-west of the municipal capital Ljubovija .
Waters
The Drina flows west of the village and forms the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Gračanička Reka River flows north of the village . The Savića Potok brook also flows through the village. Other waters or springs in the place are: Savića Vrelo, Ilića Bunar, Stublina, Izvorac and Kladenac.
Hill and lonjin field
Lonjin is bordered in the east, south and north by the three high groups of hills Krš (south), Krst (east) and Mikuljak (north). Lonjin is located in the Drina valley, which borders the village from the west.
Immediately after the Drina has passed the hilly Krš landscape, a wide field landscape opens to the north, which is named after the village of Lonjin (Lonjin Polje). This field is divided into two parts, the actual larger field Lonjin and the smaller part on the Bosnian side called Mihaljević .
The hilly Mikuljak landscape borders Lonjin from the north and separates it from its neighboring village Gračanica. The Mikuljak also closes the Lonjin field landscape to the south of it, roughly at the mouth of the Gračanička Reka river in the Drina.
The individual hills of the three mountain ranges have the following names: Uši, Ilića Gaj, Selimov Grob, Jelav, Brdo, Kulina, Bašča, Savina Glavica, Bijele Stijene and Banovići .
population
The place had 325 inhabitants at the 2011 census, compared to 337 inhabitants in 2002. According to the last three population statistics, the population of Lonjin continues to fall. The population at the 2011 census consisted entirely of Serbs .
The village consists of 105 households. The population of Lonjin is Serbian Orthodox .
Demographics
| year | population |
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| 1948 | 341 |
| 1953 | 349 |
| 1961 | 334 |
| 1971 | 301 |
| 1981 | 286 |
| 1991 | 388 |
| 2002 | 337 |
| 2011 | 325 |
history
Several grave mounds can be found in the village from the Neolithic Age . On the Krš, Krst and Mikuljak hills you could also find many old graves and archaeological sites from the time before the Ottomans , which document an earlier Serbian settlement of the village.
From 1459, when the Ottomans conquered the Azbukovica region until 1834, Lonjin was a purely Muslim village. In 1820 Lonjin owned 20 houses and in 1832, 31 households. In 1834 the Muslims from Lonjin emigrated to Bosnia or Turkey and Serbian new settlers came to the place, who practically re-founded Lonjin.
In the hills of the Krst range of hills east of the village, there are some smaller springs that were used as water sources by the Ottomans when they ruled the region. On the hills behind some houses in the eastern part of the village there are still fountains from this period.
In 1930 Lonjin consisted of 66 households and the following Serbian families lived in the village: Savić, Joković, Zečević, Vulović, Kovačević, Bulajić, Radović, Žutkić, Ilić, Bilić and Tomić .
In the center of the village there is a memorial for the fallen Yugoslav partisans and civilians from the Second World War .
supporting documents
- Knjiga 9, Stanovništvo, uporedni pregled broja stanovnika 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002, podaci po naseljima, Republički zavod za statistiku, Beograd, maj 2004, ISBN 86-84433-14-9
- Knjiga 1, Stanovništvo, nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost, podaci po naseljima, Republički zavod za statistiku, Beograd, February 2003, ISBN 86-84433-00-9
- Knjiga 2, Stanovništvo, pol i starost, podaci po naseljima, Republički zavod za statistiku, Beograd, February 2003, ISBN 86-84433-01-7
- Article about the village on the page poreklo.rs , (Serbian)