Popovica

Поповица Popovica
Basic data
State :	Serbia
Okrug :	boron
Opština :	Negotin
Coordinates :	44 ° 13 '  N , 22 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 13 '20 "  N , 22 ° 16' 44"  E
Residents :	487 (2002)
License plate :	BO
Structure and administration
Community type:	Village

Popovica ( Cyrillic Поповица) is a village in the Opština Negotin , in the Bor district in eastern Serbia . The village lies on the Jasenička Reka River .

history

It is believed that the village was founded in the early 16th century, when it still had 35 houses. The name is said to come from a pastor (Serbian Pop, German pastor) who settled there.

The village's early residents are also believed to be from Kosovo , but there is no evidence of this.

Residents

The 2002 census (self-nomination) showed that 487 people live in the village. Of which were:

	number	percent
total	487	100
Serbs	482	98.97
Montenegrins	1	0.20
Unknown	4th	0.82

Other censuses:

• 1948: 1,111
• 1953: 1.063
• 1961: 984
• 1971: 911
• 1981: 842
• 1991: 606

swell

1. ↑ 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.  
2. ↑ Overall result of the census of April 2002 (English) ( Memento of March 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 379 kB)