Opština Negotin

Општина Неготин Opština Negotin Municipality of Negotin
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Part of the country	Central Serbia
Okrug	boron
Administrative headquarters	Negotin
surface	1089 km²
Residents	43,551
Population density	40 inhabitants per km²
License Plate	NG
Website	www.negotin.rs

The Opština Negotin ( Cyrillic : Општина Неготин , German : Municipality Negotin ) is a municipality (Serbian Opština) in the Okrug Bor in eastern Serbia . The administrative capital is the city of the same name, Negotin, in the center of the municipality.

The territory of the municipality includes part of Timočka Krajina . The numerous villages were known for their wines in the SFRY and throughout the Balkans .

geography

Geographical location and territory

The municipality is located in the northern, flatter part of the Timočka Krajina region and, geographically speaking, is in the center of the Balkan Peninsula . The community covers an area of ​​1,089 square kilometers, 1,700 hectares of which are covered by vineyards , 27,530 hectares are forested .

climate

Since the municipality is surrounded by high mountains ( Miroč and Deli Jovan ) in the north and west, as well as the Danube in the east and the Timok in the south, its climate is correspondingly special. There are the greatest temperature differences in Serbia and the entire Balkan Peninsula , with winters as low as −30 degrees Celsius and summers with up to +40 degrees Celsius.

Waters

The Jasenička Reka River flows across the municipality . Since it is not too deep, it cannot be used for shipping. The Timok River, which gives the Timočka Krajina its name, flows to the southern border of the municipality and thus on the border with Serbia , which it also marks. The Danube flows past the western border of the municipality. The Đerdap II hydropower plant is also located there .

Limits

The eastern and north-eastern natural border with neighboring Romania is formed by the Danube River . In the south, the territory of the municipality borders directly on Bulgaria and the neighboring municipality of Zaječar . In the west, the territory borders on the two neighboring communities Bor and Majdanpek . In the north it borders on smaller mountains and thus Opština Kladovo , as well as Opština Majdanpek in the northwest and Romania in the northeast.

Opština Majdanpek	Opština Kladovo	Romania
Opština Bor & Opština Majdanpek		Romania
Opština Zaječar	Bulgaria	Bulgaria

Cities and villages

According to topographical maps from the 16th century , there were other settlements in the Opština, which however ceased to exist over time or merged with other villages. Notable examples are: Lecevo , Topolnica , Orašac , Rujevo , Kacica , Kijevo , Jazavac , Barbas and Rujanovac . Today there are 39 settlements in the municipality, including 1 official town and 38 villages or smaller towns.

Aleksandrovac Braćevac Brestovac Bukovče Crnomasnica Dupljane Dušanovac Jabukovac Jasenica Karbulovo Kobišnica

Kovilovo Mala Kamenica Malajnica Miloševo Mihajlovac Mokranje Negotin Plavna Popovica Prahovo Radujevac

Rajac Rečka Rogljevo Samarinovac Sikole Slatina Smedovac Srbovo Tamnič Trnjane Urovica

Veljkovo Vidrovac Vratna Čubra Šarkamen Štubik

history

During the Roman Empire, the territory of the Opština Negotin belonged to the Roman province of Moesia Superior . After the division of the Roman Empire, Negotin came under Eastern Roman rule, and at the time of the First Bulgarian Empire under brief Bulgarian rule. In the 12th century the area around Negotin became part of the Byzantine Empire again , and then in the beginning of the 13th century it became part of the Second Bulgarian Empire .

In contrast to the rest of Serbia , the Opština Negotin was not part of the Serbian Empire during the 14th century , which at that time only extended to the mountains in the west. The territory remained under Bulgarian rule and was conquered by the Ottomans at the end of the same century . Almost 400 years later, the Negotinska Krajina region was not directly liberated by the Serbs, but tried to liberate itself with a major uprising against foreign rule. This attempt was unsuccessful and the area of ​​the municipality was only handed over to the Principality of Serbia with the Sultan Hatischerif in 1833 .

After the First World War , the area became part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Banovina Morava . After the Second World War , Negotin, like the rest of the region, was transferred to the newly founded Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and was part of the Socialist Republic of Serbia for almost 50 years . Today's Okrug Bor and Zaječar were merged to form MRZ Zaječar, and after the collapse of Yugoslavia, the Opština Negotin and three other municipalities formed the Okrug Bor.

Residents

After numerous fluctuations in the course of time, with the highest population counted at the end of the 19th century, the population decreased sharply after the Yugoslav wars, as many residents emigrated to work abroad as " guest workers ".

The 2002 census found that 43,418 people were settled in the Negotin parish. Of which were:

	number	percent
total	43,418	100
Serbs	38,263	88.1
Wallachians (Romanians south of the Danube)	3,000	6.9
Others ( Bulgarians , Roma , etc.)	2,155	5.0

Other censuses:

1890	1910	1971	1991	2001
64,435	78,327	63,706	59,559	43,551

economy

Agriculture is an important economic factor. The largest employer is the Prahovo chemical company.

Infrastructure

The Opština Negotin is mainly used for transit from Zaječar to Kladovo and Majdanpek or Bor to Prahovo . There is a total of 453 kilometers of roads, 350 kilometers of which are paved and illuminated. In the east of the municipality, on the Danube, part of the Danube Cycle Path runs. In the community there is a rail network , which at the village Braćevac begins in the south, through the town Negotin runs, and at Slatina in the Opština Kladovo continues. All railway lines in the municipality are part of the Serbian State Railway Company . There are waterways only in the east, on the Danube and in the south on the Timok River .

The infrastructure in the Opština Negotin is in a catastrophic state, not only because of the NATO bombing in 1999 , but also because there are fewer and fewer able-bodied people, which is why maintenance and repair work can usually not be carried out. In 2008, the Serbian government and the local government began using EU taxpayers' money to pave and light parts of the road network and to electrify parts of the railway network.

Culture and tourism

The highlight of the cultural life in the Negotin municipality is the annual Mokranjcevi Dani music festival in the city of Negotin. It is named after the Serbian composer Stevan Mokranjac.

Monasteries

There are three famous Orthodox monasteries on the territory of the municipality, including the Kolograš monastery and Vratna monastery, which represent the smaller places of worship. The largest monastery, Manastir Bukovo , is more than 600 years old.

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References and comments

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistical Office of Serbia  ( page no longer available , 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.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} as of 2006
3. ↑ ^{a b} Turisticka organizacija opstine Negotin ( Memento of the original from July 26th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Website of the Negotin municipality (Serbian)  ( page no longer available , 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.  
5. ↑ Overall result of the census of April 2002 ( Memento of March 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF; 379 kB)
6. ↑ Website of the Statistical Office of Serbia ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Serbian language) 
7. ↑ Website of the municipality of Negotin (Serbian) ( Memento of the original from January 26th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Negotin Municipality website (Serbian language)
• Tourist organization of the area of ​​Negotinska Krajina or the municipality of Negotin (Serbian language)
• Website about Opstina Negotin (German language)