Boleč

Boleč
Болеч
Suburban settlement
Boleč
Location within Belgrade
Coordinates: 44°43′N 20°36′E / 44.717°N 20.600°E / 44.717; 20.600
Country  Serbia
Region Belgrade Belgrade
Municipality Grocka
Area
 • Total 12.43 km2 (4.80 sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code +381(0)11
Car plates BG

Boleč (Serbian Cyrillic: Болеч) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Grocka.

Location

Boleč is located 17 km east of the Belgrade, near the road of Smederevski put which connects Belgrade and Smederevo. One of the branches of the Bolečica river flows through the settlement and givs its name to it (its derived from Serbian words for bol (pain) and leči(ti) (to cure), so it means the water that heals the pain).

Population

For decades, population of Boleč was growing slowly but steadily. Since the mid-1970s however, the settlement (classified as the rural one, the village) is experiencing accelerated growth which continues until today, with large number of refugees from Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo settling in this area. Originally south of the Smederevski put, as the settlement was growing it reached the road and connected to other surrounding villages (Ritopek, Vinča, Leštane), so today it makes one built-up area all the way to Belgrade. Population of Boleč:

  • 1921 - 890
  • 1953 - 1,213
  • 1971 - 1,476
  • 1981 - 3,360
  • 1991 - 4,659
  • 2002 - 5,750

Notable people

Economy

Until the late 1970s and early 1980s the economy of Boleč was based on agriculture, especially on fruit growing as the one of major Serbian fruit regions begins here and stretches to Smederevo, 35 km to the east. Since then, a boom in privately owned small companies boosted the economy and attracted new population to migrate in the settlement. The only large company is the branch of PKB, agricultural company, with fruit plantations and huge refrigerators (PKB - Voćarske plantaže).

Sports and culture

Boleč is the home for the FK Boleč football club that competes in lower ranks of Belgade football. Also, locally very known folk dance ensemble "KUD Boleč" (Cultural-artistic society Boleč) (Serbian: Kulturno-umetničko društvo Boleč) origins from this settlement.

References

    • Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6
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