Bosilegrad

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| | {{native name|bg|Босилеград|italics | off}} | | native_name_lang | Serbia | | official_name | Bosilegrad | | settlement_type | Town and municipality | | image_shield | Grb Bosilegrada.png | | image_flag | Flag of Bosilegrad.svg | | image_skyline | {{Photomontage|position=center | | photo1a | Bosilegrad-house-03.jpg | | photo1b | Bosilegrad-school-3.jpg | | photo2a | Bosilegrad-entrance.jpg | | photo2b | Vasil Levski Bosilegrad.jpg | | photo3a | Bosilegrad-church-01.jpg | | photo3b | Bosilegrad-fountains.jpg | | size | 270 | | spacing | 1 | | color | #FFFFFF | | border | 1 | | foot_montage | }} | | image_map | File:Municipalities of Serbia Bosilegrad.png | | map_caption | Location of the municipality of Bosilegrad within Serbia | | coordinates | | | subdivision_type | Country | | subdivision_name | Serbia | | subdivision_type1 | Region | | subdivision_name1 | Southern and Eastern Serbia | | subdivision_type2 | District | | subdivision_name2 | Pčinja | | parts_type | Settlements | | parts_style | para | | p1 | 37 | | leader_title | Mayor | | leader_name | Vladimir Zaharijev | | leader_party | To Smo Mi | | area_blank1_title | Town | | area_blank1_km2 | 18.37 | | area_blank2_title | Municipality | | area_blank2_km2 | 571 | | area_footnotes | | | elevation_m | 696 | | population_footnotes | | | population_as_of | 2022 census | | population_blank1_title | Town | | population_blank1 | 2,348 | | population_density_blank1_km2 | auto | | population_blank2_title | Municipality | | population_blank2 | 6,065 | | population_density_blank2_km2 | auto | | timezone | CET | | utc_offset | +1 | | timezone_DST | CEST | | utc_offset_DST | +2 | | postal_code_type | Postal code | | postal_code | 17540 | | area_code_type | Area code | | area_code | +381(0)17 | | blank_name | Car plates | | blank_info | VR | | website | | | blank_name_sec1 | Official languages | | blank_info_sec1 | Serbian together with Bulgarian | ::

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bg | native_name_lang = Serbia | official_name = Bosilegrad | other_name = | settlement_type = Town and municipality | image_shield = Grb Bosilegrada.png | image_flag = Flag of Bosilegrad.svg | image_skyline = {{Photomontage|position=center |photo1a = Bosilegrad-house-03.jpg |photo1b = Bosilegrad-school-3.jpg |photo2a = Bosilegrad-entrance.jpg |photo2b = Vasil Levski Bosilegrad.jpg |photo3a = Bosilegrad-church-01.jpg |photo3b = Bosilegrad-fountains.jpg |size = 270 |spacing = 1 |color = #FFFFFF |border = 1 |foot_montage = }} | image_caption = | image_map = File:Municipalities of Serbia Bosilegrad.png | map_caption = Location of the municipality of Bosilegrad within Serbia | mapsize = | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Serbia | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Southern and Eastern Serbia | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Pčinja | parts_type = Settlements | parts_style = para | p1 = 37 | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Vladimir Zaharijev | leader_party = To Smo Mi | area_blank1_title = Town | area_blank1_km2 = 18.37 | area_blank2_title = Municipality | area_blank2_km2 = 571 | area_footnotes = | elevation_m = 696 | population_footnotes = | population_as_of = 2022 census | population_blank1_title = Town | population_blank1 = 2,348 | population_density_blank1_km2 = auto | population_blank2_title = Municipality | population_blank2 = 6,065 | population_density_blank2_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 17540 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = +381(0)17 | blank_name = Car plates | blank_info = VR | website = | blank_name_sec1 = Official languages | blank_info_sec1 = Serbian together with Bulgarian Bosilegrad (Босилеград; ) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. The municipality comprises an area of 571 km2. According to the 2022 census, the town has a population of 2,348, while the municipality has 6,065 inhabitants.

Along with Dimitrovgrad (Tsaribrod), Bosilegrad is an economic and cultural centre of Serbia's ethnic Bulgarian community.

History

Historically, Bosilegrad was part of Bulgaria. On May 15, 1917, Serbian paramilitaries (Chetniks) under the command of Kosta Pećanac crossed the old Bulgarian border and, as part of the Toplica Uprising, captured Bosilegrad, which they then burned. Then Pećanac and his band withdrew to Kosovo, which was controlled by the Austro-Hungarian Army.

The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes gained some territory from Bulgaria as part of the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine, following the invasion and occupation of part of the Kingdom of Serbia by Bulgaria and subsequent Allied defeat of the Central Powers in the First World War. From 1929 to 1941, it was part of Vardar Banovina. The Bulgarian army occupied Bosilegrad during the Second World War from 1941 to 1944. At the end of the Second World War, Bulgaria switched sides in the war and in October 1944 gave the occupied Western outlands back to Yugoslavia.

Settlements

Aside from the town of Bosilegrad, the municipality consists of the following villages:

Demographics

| type = | percentages = pagr |1948|18816 |1953|19751 |1961|18368 |1971|17306 |1981|14196 |1991|11644 |2002|9931 |2011|8129 |2022|6,065 | source = According to the 2022 census, the municipality of Bosilegrad has 6,065 inhabitants. Only 32.28% of inhabitants live in urban areas.

Ethnic groups

The majority of municipality's population are Bulgarians, amounting to 72.3% of total population. Other minor ethnic groups are Serbs and Roma people. The ethnic composition of the municipality: ::data[format=table] | Ethnic group | Population 1971 | title=Nacionalni sastav stanovništva SFR Jugoslavije (1981)|url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/G1981/Pdf/G19814001.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=Republički zavod za statistiku|access-date=2 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040602/http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/G1981/Pdf/G19814001.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}} | title=STANOVNIŠTVO PREMA NACIONALNOJ PRIPADNOSTI (1991)|url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/G1991/pdf/G19914021.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=Republički zavod za statistiku|access-date=2 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194932/http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/G1991/pdf/G19914021.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}} | Population 2002 | Population 2011 | title=2022 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings | url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/PdfE/G20234001.pdf | access-date=2023-12-07}} | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Bulgarians | - | - | - | 7,037 | 5,839 | 4,075 | | Serbs | 292 | 616 | 1,165 | 1,308 | 895 | 786 | | Macedonians | 58 | 49 | - | 42 | 38 | 26 | | Montenegrins | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | Romani | 13 | 10 | 3 | - | 162 | 143 | | Muslims | 1 | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | | Yugoslavs | 255 | 3,976 | 1,649 | 288 | 20 | 18 | | Others | 16,675 | 9,538 | 8,811 | 1,253 | 1,173 | 1,016 | | Total | 17,306 | 14,196 | 11,644 | 9,931 | 8,129 | 6,065 | ::

Gallery

File:Bosilegrad-view.jpg|Town of Bosilegrad File:Bosilegrad1.JPG|Bosilegrad town street File:Bosilegrad5.JPG|Bosilegrad town hall File:Vasil Levski Bosilegrad.jpg|Unveiling of the monument of Bulgarian revolutionary Vasil Levski File:Bosilegrad-school-2.jpg|School in Bosilegrad File:Serbian-Bulgarian border at Bosilegrad.jpg|Serbia–Bulgaria State border File:Bosilegrad-church-01.jpg|Bosilegrad Church File:Izvora-church-02.jpg|Church in Izvor, Bosilegrad File:Lisinsko jezero4.JPG|Lisinsko Lake in Bosilegrad

References

References

  1. "Статут општине Босилеград". Municipality of Bosilegrad.
  2. {{Serbian municipalities 2006
  3. {{Serbian census 2022
  4. "2022 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings".
  5. Велизар Енчев, Югославската идея: исторически, политически и международни аспекти на доктрината за национално освобождение и държавно обединение на южните славяни, Захарий Стоянов, 2009, ISBN 9540902673, стр. 314.
  6. "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia". Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.
  7. "Knjiga III: Nacionalni sastav stanovništva FNR Jugoslavije (1971)". Republički zavod za statistiku.
  8. "Nacionalni sastav stanovništva SFR Jugoslavije (1981)". Republički zavod za statistiku.
  9. "STANOVNIŠTVO PREMA NACIONALNOJ PRIPADNOSTI (1991)". Republički zavod za statistiku.
  10. "Popis stanovnistva, domacinstava i stanova u 2002".
  11. "Попис становништва, домаћинстава и станова 2011. у Републици Србији". Republički zavod za statistiku.

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