Crna Trava

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Coordinates: 42°48′N 22°19′E / 42.8, 22.317
Crna Trava Црна Трава
Location of Crna Trava within Serbia
Country	Serbia
District	Jablanica
Settlements	25
Government
- Mayor	Slavoljub Blagojević (PSS)
Area ^[1]
- Municipality	312 km² (120.5 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)^[2]
- Total	563
- Municipality	2,563
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	16215
Car plates	LE
Area code	+381 16

Crna Trava (Serbian Cyrillic: Црна Трава) is a village and municipality located in the Jablanica District of Serbia. In 2002, the population of the village was 563, while population of the municipality was 2,563.

1 Name
2 Demographics
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Name

The name of the village in Serbian translates to Black Grass. The origin of the name dates back to 1389, when Battle of Kosovo took place. A Serbian army unit, composed of Serbian archers and cavaliers, decided to take a rest on a grass field while travelling to the battlefield. Since the flowers and other herbs covering the field were highly poisonious, the soldiers became intoxicated, thereby they did not wake up on time for the battle. Realizing that fact, they cursed the grass that poisoned them, branding it "black" grass.

[edit] Demographics

Crna Trava, along with the rest of Vlasina region, suffers from heavy depopulation, chiefly for economic reasons. It can be seen from the census data from 1953 to 2002:

1953 - 13,748
1961 - 12,513
1971 - 9,672
1981 - 6,366
1991 - 3,778
2002 - 2,563

Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):

Serbs = 2,529
Bulgarians = 8
Yugoslavs = 3
Russians = 2
Albanians = 1
Croats = 1
undeclared = 5
regional affiliation = 1
unknown = 13

[edit] See also

Subdivisions of Serbia

[edit] External links

Crna Trava

Municipalities and cities of Serbia

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