Sikole

Сиколе Sikole
Basic data
State :	Serbia
Okrug :	boron
Opština :	Negotin
Coordinates :	44 ° 11 '  N , 22 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 10 '45 "  N , 22 ° 17' 51"  E
Height :	365  m. i. J.
Residents :	838 (2002)
Postal code :	19225
License plate :	NG (until 2008: BO)
Structure and administration (as of 2008)
Community type:	Village
Mayor :	Zlatomir Ošić

Sikole ( Cyrillic Сиколе) is a village in the Negotin Opština , in the Bor district in eastern Serbia .

geography

Geographical location

Sikole is located in the Opština Negotin , one of the easternmost municipalities in Serbia , in the Okrug Bor in central Serbia . The village is located 360 meters above the Adriatic Sea .

climate

Sikole has a temperate continental climate with the four seasons common for Europe .

Close to towns and villages

Crnajka 17 km	Popovica 4 km	Jabukovac 20 km
Luka 8 km		Kobišnica 23 km
Donja Bela Reka 14 km	Salas 7 km	Brusnik 14 km

Negotin is about 20 km from Sikole. Bor is about 17 km away from Sikole.

Nature and water

A river called Sikolska Reka flows through Sikole . The river has its source at Deli Jovan Mountain and flows into the Timok

Sikolska Reka in 2007

Residents

The 2002 census (self-denomination) showed that 838 people live in the village.

	number	percent
total	838	100
Serbs	824	98.32
Romanians	1	0.11
Unknown	13	1.55

Other censuses:

• 1948: 1,777
• 1953: 1,753
• 1961: 1.765
• 1971: 1,543
• 1981: 1,372
• 1991: 1,070

education

Sikole has a school in the center of the village (1st to 4th grade). In 2006/2007 around 24 students were taught. The school opened in 1892.

Personalities

• Čučuk Stana , (~ 1795–1849), Serbian freedom fighter and Hajdukin
• Petar Velimirović (1848–1911), 1902 and 1908/1909 Serbian Prime Minister.

Individual evidence

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

Web links

Commons : Sikole  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sikole page on the Negotin Municipality website