Paraćin

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settlement_typeTown and municipality
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photo2cParaćin - Spomenik borcima 1941-1945.JPG
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coordinates
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subdivision_name1Šumadija and Western Serbia
subdivision_type2District
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leader_titleMayor
leader_nameVladimir Milićević
leader_partySNS
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Paraćin (Параћин, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pomoravlje District of central Serbia. Located in the Velika Morava river valley, north of Kruševac and southeast of Kragujevac, the town had a population of 22,349 in 2022. It also has a civilian airport.

History

There is a Neolithic archaeological site in the village of Drenovac. Basarabi pottery from the 8th Century BC depicting a domestic rooster was discovered near the town. The Roman fort at Momčilov Grad produced a great number of coins of Byzantine Emperor Justinian (525–565).

The medieval town of Petrus was granted by Emperor Dušan to the local župan Vukoslav. Petrus was the center of the , one of the spiritual centers of Medieval Serbia. It comprised 14 monasteries and churches, all from the 14th century, along the rivers Crnica and Grza. As of 2017, several of the monasteries are being restored while there are plans to restore the town of Petrus, too, and to establish a touristic complex which would encompass both the town and the monasteries.

Paraćin was mentioned for the first time in 1375. That year, Prince Lazar of Serbia issued a charter to the Monastery of Great Lavra by which he granted to the monastery villages in the Petruš region, and Trg Parakinov brod ("Town of Parakin's river crossing"). It is believed that the name of the town originated from Parakin, name of a ferryman who ferried the people across the Crnica river, on which the town is located. In time, the name evolved into Paraćin.

In the 19th century, with the construction of the railway and its further branching, and already being located on the most important road route, Tsarigrad Road, Paraćin became a major traffic hub. The industry followed the traffic, so Paraćin was one of the largest industrial centers of Serbia in the 19th and 20th century, and the most densely populated town in country in the late 19th century.

From 1929 to 1941, Paraćin was part of the Morava Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

In 1987, a Kosovo Albanian conscript named Aziz Kelmendi went on a shooting rampage at the Yugoslav People's Army barracks in Paraćin, killing four of his fellow soldiers and wounding five others before taking his own life. The attack led to an increase in ethnic tensions between Serbs and Albanians in Yugoslavia.

Folklore

Nickname for an inhabitant of Paraćin is Džigeran, derived from the colloquial Serbian word for liver, džigerica, and originating from the 19th century. There are couple of jovial stories how it came about and both stem from the popular local rivalry between the towns of Paraćin and Jagodina. According to one story, Serbian ruler Prince Miloš Obrenović, visited Paraćin. The hosts didn't know what to prepare for the prince, so the townsfolk from the neighboring Jagodina told them to prepare liver, as the prince adores it. Actually, it was quite the opposite, so when prince tasted the liver, which he couldn't stand, he said: Oh liver, are you meat? Oh, people of Paraćin, are you humans? Another story goes that a train hit a turkey in Jagodina (turkey is town's symbol) and dragged it all the way to Paraćin, with only liver remaining on the locomotive.

Geography

| metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Paraćin

| Jan high C = 5.0 | Feb high C = 9.8 | Mar high C = 14.2 | Apr high C = 19.2 | May high C = 23.8 | Jun high C = 28.3 | Jul high C = 30.7 | Aug high C = 30.9 | Sep high C = 25.3 | Oct high C = 19.0 | Nov high C = 12.4 | Dec high C = 7.0

| Jan mean C = 1.2 | Feb mean C = 4.9 | Mar mean C = 8.4 | Apr mean C = 13.0 | May mean C = 17.5 | Jun mean C = 21.9 | Jul mean C = 24.0 | Aug mean C = 23.8 | Sep mean C = 18.5 | Oct mean C = 13.1 | Nov mean C = 8.4 | Dec mean C = 3.3

| Jan low C = -2.2 | Feb low C = 0.6 | Mar low C = 2.6 | Apr low C = 6.6 | May low C = 11.3 | Jun low C = 15.4 | Jul low C = 17.2 | Aug low C = 17.0 | Sep low C = 12.7 | Oct low C = 8.2 | Nov low C = 4.9 | Dec low C = 0.4

| Jan precipitation mm = 49.2 | Feb precipitation mm = 34.6 | Mar precipitation mm = 60.5 | Apr precipitation mm = 59.7 | May precipitation mm = 88.8 | Jun precipitation mm = 91.2 | Jul precipitation mm = 72.5 | Aug precipitation mm = 63.3 | Sep precipitation mm = 54.7 | Oct precipitation mm = 51.2 | Nov precipitation mm = 56.3 | Dec precipitation mm = 66.7

| source = vreme.in.rs

Settlements

Apart from the town of Paraćin, the municipality includes the following settlements, along with number of residents (2002 census):

Demographics

| type = | percentages = pagr |1948|50855 |1953|54520 |1961|59957 |1971|63097 |1981|64718 |1991|64119 |2002|58301 |2011|54242 |2022|45543 | source =

Economy

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018): ::data[format=table]

ActivityTotal
Agriculture, forestry and fishing127
Mining and quarrying17
Manufacturing2,664
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply65
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities164
Construction554
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles2,421
Transportation and storage870
Accommodation and food services350
Information and communication102
Financial and insurance activities162
Real estate activities35
Professional, scientific and technical activities385
Administrative and support service activities254
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security468
Education762
Human health and social work activities804
Arts, entertainment and recreation158
Other service activities189
Individual agricultural workers507
Total11,058
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Culture

The town has a Home Museum, a library and a "Pitagora" gallery.

Sports

Local football club Jedinstvo competes in the third tier of Serbia's football pyramid.

Tourism

The Sisevac excursion place is the most popular excursion sites in the municipality. This small village with only 15 inhabitants in 2011 is located in the structural basin on the Kučaj mountains, at an altitude of 360 m. Sisevac is surrounded by forests and is the location of the Crnica river spring. Due to the favorable microclimate and the natural springs of the mineral water, it was known as the weather spa already in the 14th century.

Another excursion site is Grza, located on the river of the same name. A popular local attraction is the village of Gornja Mutnica near the river Suvara. Although the river runs through the village for a length of only 500 m, there are 30 bridges over it.

Notable citizens

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Paraćin is twinned with:

References

References

  1. {{Serbian municipalities 2006
  2. "Census 2022: Total population, by municipalities and cities".
  3. G.Zorkić. (24 December 2017). "Prkosni grad na Carigradskom drumu". [[Politika]]-Magazin, No. 1066.
  4. [http://sehumed.uv.es/revista/numero16/SEHUMED_colecc131.PDF Función depuradora de los humedales I: una revisión bibliográfica sobre el papel de los macrófitos] {{in lang. es
  5. (April 2015)
  6. Meier, Viktor. (1995). "Yugoslavia: A History of Its Demise". Routledge.
  7. "Climate: Paraćin, Serbia". Vreme.in.rs.
  8. "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia". Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.
  9. (25 December 2019). "MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, 2019.". [[Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia]].
  10. "Muzej Paraćin – Ovo je sajt Zavičajnog muzeja u Paraćinu".
  11. (2014). "Comparative overview of the number of population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011 – Data by settlements, page 74". Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade.

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