Rajac (Negotin)

Рајац Rajac
Basic data
State :	Serbia
Okrug :	boron
Opština :	Negotin
Coordinates :	44 ° 5 '  N , 22 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 5 '19 "  N , 22 ° 33' 32"  E
Residents :	436 (2002)
Telephone code :	(+381) 019
Postal code :	19314
License plate :	BO
Structure and administration
Community type:	Village

Rajac ( Cyrillic Рајац) is a village in the Opština Negotin and Bor district in eastern Serbia .

geography

location

The village is on the Bulgarian border, about 60 kilometers from the Romanian border.

History and name

Rajac is first mentioned in the 15th and 16th centuries . At that time the village had 50 houses. Until 1807 it was hardly mentioned on any map of this region. It is believed that the name Rajac comes from the regional Knjas Rajka , who moved the inhabitants to the present place.

Near the village there were the villages of Laskovo and Orašac in the 16th century . In the course of time these two villages grew together and together with the village of Rajac they finally formed today's village.

Residents

The 2002 census (self-named) showed that 436 people live in the village.

Other censuses:

• 1948: 1,447
• 1953: 1.431
• 1961: 1,341
• 1971: 1,055
• 1981: 776
• 1991: 599

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)