Krnjevo

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Krnjevo
Town
Krnjevo
Coordinates: 44°24′34″N 21°02′49″E / 44.40944°N 21.04694°E / 44.40944; 21.04694
Country  Serbia
District Podunavlje District
Municipality Velika Plana
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Krnjevo is a small town in the municipality of Velika Plana, Serbia. By road it is 105 kilometres (65 mi) southeast of the Belgrade. According to the 2002 census, the town has a population of 4253 people.[1] The area, with its rich black soils, belongs to the Smederevo wine region which also includes Smederevo, Grocka, and Pozarevac.[2] In 1975, a three-nave early Christian basilica was found here near the banks of the Bashovitsa River.[3]

Notable people

References

  1. Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9
  2. Aničić, Anica (1969). Wines and wine-growing districts of Yugoslavia: Winecard. "Zadružna štampa,". p. 52. 
  3. Grozdanov, Cvetan (1989). Macedonian national treasures. Makedonska kniga. p. 112. 

Coordinates: 44°24′34″N 21°02′49″E / 44.40944°N 21.04694°E / 44.40944; 21.04694

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