Blace

Blace
Блаце
Town and municipality

Coat of arms

Location of the municipality of Blace within Serbia
Coordinates: 43°17.747′N 21°17.157′E / 43.295783°N 21.285950°E / 43.295783; 21.285950Coordinates: 43°17.747′N 21°17.157′E / 43.295783°N 21.285950°E / 43.295783; 21.285950
Country  Serbia
Region Southern and Eastern Serbia
District Toplica
Settlements 40
Government
 • Mayor Milan Ćurčić (SNS)
Area[1]
 • Town 11.10 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
 • Municipality 306 km2 (118 sq mi)
Elevation 389 m (1,276 ft)
Population (2011 census)[2]
 • Town 5,253
 • Town density 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
 • Municipality 11,754
 • Municipality density 38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 18420
Area code +381(0)27
Car plates PK
Website www.blace.org.rs

Blace (Serbian Cyrillic: Блаце, pronounced [blâtsɛ]) is a town and municipality located in the Toplica District of the southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 5,253, while population of the municipality is 11,754.

Settlements

Aside from the town of Blace, the following villages consist the municipality of Blace:

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
194823,676—    
195324,608+0.78%
196122,099−1.34%
197119,331−1.33%
198117,338−1.08%
199115,709−0.98%
200213,759−1.20%
201111,754−1.73%
Source: [3]

According to the last official census done in 2011, the Municipality of Blace has 11,754 inhabitants. Most of Blace’s population is of Serbian nationality (98.27%) while 44.7% of the municipality’s population is urban.

Ethnic groups

Ethnic composition of the municipality:

Ethnic group Population
Serbs11,551
Roma86
Montenegrins11
Others106
Total11,754

Features

Every year in August, there is a 3 day festival named "Šljivijada" ("Plumday" in English); citizens of Blace consider the plum to be a very important fruit. On that day, there are many plum cultivators who show off their fruit. Many festival attendees listen to folk and other Serbian music.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
  2. ↑ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia: Comparative Overview of the Number of Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011, Data by settlements" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2014. ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  3. ↑ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
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