Kruševac

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Kruševac
Крушевац
Coat of arms of Kruševac
Coat of arms
Location of Kruševac within Serbia
Location of Kruševac within Serbia
Coordinates: 43°35′N 21°19′E / 43.583, 21.317
Country Serbia
District Rasina
Settlements 101
Government
 - Mayor Dragan Azdejković (DSS)
Area [1]
 - Municipality 854 km² (329.7 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)[2]
 - Total 75,256
 - Municipality 131,368
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 37000
Car plates KŠ
Area code +381 37
Website: http://www.krusevac.org.yu
Kruševac in 1933
Kruševac in 1933

Kruševac (Serbian Cyrillic: Крушевац, listen (help·info), Turkish: Alacahisar) is a city and a municipality located in Serbia at 43.58° North, 21.32° East. According to the 2002 census it had a population of 75,256 (municipality: 133,732). Kruševac is the administrative center of the Rasina District of Serbia.

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[edit] History and monuments

Kruševac was founded in 1371. [3] It was in Kruševac that the prominent Serbian noble, Lazar, assembled a Serb army to march against the Turks, at Kosovo, in 1389. The site of his palace is marked by a ruined enclosure containing a fragment of the tower of Queen Milica, whither, according to legend, tidings of the defeat were brought to her by crows from the battlefield. Within the enclosure stands a church, dating from the same time, with beautiful rose windows and with imperial peacocks, dragons and eagles sculptured on the walls. Several old Turkish houses were left at the beginning of the 20th century, besides an old Turkish fountain and bath. There is also a large monument dedicated to the Battle of Kosovo (Бој на Косову, Boj na Kosovu). As a part of the monument there is a statue of the famous Serbian poet and "gusle" player Filip Višnjić.

[edit] Municipality

Municipality of Kruševac has 101 settlements of which only the municipality center Kruševac is urban.

List of the settlements in the municipality:

  • Lazarica
  • Lipovac
  • Lovci
  • Lukavac
  • Ljubava
  • Majdevo
  • Makrešane
  • Mala Vrbnica
  • Mala Reka
  • Mali Kupci
  • Mali Šiljegovac
  • Malo Golovode
  • Malo Krušince
  • Mačkovac
  • Meševo
  • Modrica
  • Mudrakovac
  • Naupare
  • Padež
  • Pakašnica
  • Parunovac
  • Pasjak
  • Pepeljevac
  • Petina
  • Pozlata
  • Poljaci
  • Ribare
  • Ribarska Banja
  • Rlica
  • Rosica
  • Sebečevac
  • Sezemče
  • Slatina
  • Srndalje
  • Srnje
  • Stanci
  • Suvaja
  • Sušica
  • Tekija
  • Trebotin
  • Trmčare
  • Ćelije
  • Cerova
  • Crkvina
  • Čitluk
  • Šavrane
  • Šanac
  • Šašilovac
  • Šogolj
  • Štitare

[edit] Demographics (2002 census)

Municipality Ethnic Composition (2002 census)
Ethnic group Population
Serbs 127,077
Montenegrins 572
Roma 1,746
Yugoslavs 229
Macedonians 201
Croats 117
Others 1,426
TOTAL 131,368

[edit] Politics

Seats in the municipality parliament won in the 2004 local elections[4]:

Party Seats
Democratic Party 19
Democratic Party of Serbia 17
Socialist Party of Serbia 10
Serbian Radical Party 9
Serbian Renewal Movement 7
G17 Plus 5
Serbian Strength Movement 2

[edit] References

  1. ^ Municipalities of Serbia, 2006. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.
  2. ^ (2003) Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima (in Serbian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. ISBN 86-84443-00-09. 
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ | Politicke stranke u lokalnom parlamentu

[edit] Gallery

Lazarica church

Belfry

Middle-ages era ruins in Kruševac

Lazar Hrebeljanović's statue in Kruševac

Filip Višnjić's statue in Kruševac

Kruševac panorama 1

Kruševac panorama 2

[edit] Famous residents

[edit] Sister cities

See also: Town twinning

Other forms of cooperation and city friendship similar to the twin/sister city programmes:

[edit] External links

[edit] See also


Municipalities and cities of Serbia
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City of Belgrade: (Barajevo • Čukarica • Grocka • Lazarevac • Mladenovac • Novi Beograd • Obrenovac • Palilula • Rakovica • Savski Venac • Sopot • Stari Grad • Surčin • Voždovac • Vračar • Zemun • Zvezdara)• City of Čačak • City of Jagodina • City of Kragujevac: (Aerodrom • Pivara • Stanovo • Stari Grad • Stragari)
• City of Kraljevo • City of Kruševac • City of Leskovac • City of Loznica • City of Niš:(Crveni Krst • Medijana • Niška Banja • Palilula • Pantelej) • City of Novi Pazar • City of Požarevac • City of Smederevo • City of Šabac • City of Užice • City of Valjevo • City of Vranje • City of Zaječar

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Historical Capitals of Serbia
Dostinika (?640-950 ca) • Ras (950-1034); (1113-1276) • Podgorica/Ston (1034-1113) • Debrc (1276-1283) • Belgrade (1283-1430) • Prizren (1300-1345) • Serres/Skopje (1345-1371) • Priština/Kruševac (1371-1389) • Smederevo (1430-1453) • Subotica (1526-1527) • Kragujevac (1818-1841) • Temišvar (1849-1860) • Kragujevac (1914-1915) • Niš (1915-1918) • Belgrade (1841-)