Veliko Selo (Loznica)
|
Велико Село Veliko Selo |
|||||
 The village school at Veliko Selo |
|||||
|
|||||
| Basic data | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State : | Serbia | ||||
| Okrug : | Okrug Mačva | ||||
| Opština : | Loznica | ||||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 33 ' N , 19 ° 23' E | ||||
| Height : | 176 m. i. J. | ||||
| Residents : | 418 (2011) | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+381) 015 | ||||
| Postal code : | 15311 | ||||
| License plate : | LO | ||||
| Structure and administration | |||||
| Community type: | Village | ||||
| Mayor : | Radomir Đurđević | ||||
Veliko Selo ( Serbian-Cyrillic : Велико Село) is a village in the Opština Loznica (Loznica municipality) in western Serbia .
Surname
The name of the village is derived from the Serbian words Veliko (large) and Selo (village).
Since there are several places with the name Veliko Selo in former Yugoslavia , the village is also known as Lozničko Veliko Selo .
geography
Veliko Selo is located in the Opština Loznica , in the Okrug Mačva in north-western central Serbia , in the historical Jadar region , which is part of the Serbian- Bosnian border region Podrinje , named after the Drina river .
The village is located in the Karlovac and Ujdurovac valleys on slight elevations and hills at the foot of the Iverak Mountains . The village forest and the village pastures are also located in the Iverak . Veliko Selo is not far from the Jadar River .
Veliko Selo consists of two parts of the village, Gornja Mala and Donja Mala . The climate is continental .
The village is located northeast of the municipal capital Loznica. The neighboring villages of Veliko Selo are Brnjac , Jarebice , Draginac and Brezjak .
The farmers work their fields in Lozničko Polje and in the Jadar Valley.
population
The place had 418 inhabitants at the 2011 census, compared to 466 inhabitants in 2002. According to the last three population statistics, the population of Veliko Selo continues to fall.
The inhabitants of the village are mostly Serbs . But there are also 11 Roma and one Russian living in Veliko Selo.
Demographics
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1948 | 755 |
| 1953 | 809 |
| 1961 | 729 |
| 1971 | 673 |
| 1981 | 651 |
| 1991 | 577 |
| 2002 | 466 |
| 2011 | 418 |
history
The first villagers of Veliko Selo had to clear a large forest on the site of today's village. During the Second World War , 270 villagers, including 23 children under 10 years of age, were shot dead by the German Wehrmacht in an atonement from October 13 to 21, 1941 .
religion
The population of the village professes the Serbian Orthodox Church . Veliko Selo does not have its own church building .
The village belongs to the parish Jarebice in the deanery Jadar of the eparchy Šabac , the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Infrastructure
Veliko Selo has a village primary school, a house of the local community (mesna zajednica), a village hospital and a memorial to the civilian victims of the Second World War and the fallen Tito - Partisans .
The villagers make a living from agriculture and animal husbandry. In addition, some of the villagers have also learned the mason trade.
supporting documents
- Article about the village, on the Poreklo.rs page , (Serbian)
- Article about the parish, on the website of the eparchy Šabac , (Serbian)
- 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