Paraćin

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Paraćin

Paraćin
Параћин
—  Municipality and Town  —

Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Paraćin within Serbia
Coordinates: 43°52′N 21°25′E / 43.867°N 21.417°E / 43.867; 21.417
Country Serbia
District Pomoravlje
Settlements 35
Government
 - Mayor Saša Paunović (DS)
Area
 - Municipality 542 km2 (209.3 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)
 - Town 25,292
 - Municipality 58,301
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 35250
Area code +381 35
Car plates PN
Website www.paracin.rs

Paraćin (Serbian Cyrillic: Параћин, pronounced [pâratɕin]) is a town and municipality in Serbia, located in the valley of the Velika Morava river, north of Kruševac and southeast of Kragujevac. In 2003 the town has total population of 25,400 and it has a civil airport, also known as Davidovac Airport.

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History

8th century BC Basarabi pottery was found with the depiction of domestic cock. The Roman fort at Momčilov Grad produced a great number of coins of Byzantine Emperor Justinian (525–565).

Geography

List of villages in the municipality of Paraćin, along with number of residents (2002 census):

  • Bošnjane (1012)
  • Buljane (1545)
  • Busilovac (1041)
  • Čepure (825)
  • Davidovac (461)
  • Donja Mutnica (1051)
  • Donje Vidovo (1932)
  • Drenovac (2009)
  • Glavica (1134)
  • Golubovac (267)
  • Gornja Mutnica (740)
  • Gornje Vidovo (855)
  • Izvor (929)
  • Klačevica (600)
  • Krežbinac (547)
  • Lebina (715)
  • Lešje (422)
  • Mirilovac (835)
  • Plana (1244)
  • Popovac (805)
  • Potočac (1309)
  • Raševica (1215)
  • Ratare (610)
  • Šaludovac (360)
  • Šavac (533)
  • Sikirica (1038)
  • Sinji Vir (251)
  • Sisevac (18)
  • Striža (1937)
  • Stubica (1784)
  • Svojnovo (1386)
  • Tekija (1251)
  • Trešnjevica (1137)
  • Zabrega (1211)

Notable citizens

  • Marčelo, Serbian hip hop musician
  • Ana Nikolić, Serbian pop singer
  • Nenad Đorđević, Serbian footballer
  • Bojan Krkić, Spanish footballer of Serbian origin

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Serbia

Twin towns — Sister cities

Paraćin is twinned with:

  1. ^ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/axd/en/Zip/OG2006webE.zip. Retrieved 2010-11-28. 
  2. ^ (in Serbian) Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Statistical Office of Serbia. 2003. ISBN 86-84443-00-09.  May be downloaded from: [1]
  3. ^ http://sehumed.uv.es/revista/numero16/SEHUMED_colecc131.PDF
  4. ^ http://books.google.se/books?id=mnSq1VNloGsC
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