Svrljig

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Field	Value
native_name	sr-Cyrl
native_name_lang	sr
official_name	Svrljig
settlement_type	Town and municipality
image_shield	Grb Svrljiga.png
image_skyline	Svrljig.jpg
image_map	Municipalities of Serbia Svrljig.png
map_caption	Location of the municipality of Svrljig within Serbia
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Serbia
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Southern and Eastern Serbia
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Nišava
parts_type	Settlements
parts_style	para
p1	39
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Miroslav Marković (USS)
area_blank1_title	Town
area_blank1_km2	4.64
area_blank2_title	Municipality
area_blank2_km2	497
area_footnotes
elevation_m	374
population_footnotes
population_as_of	2022 census
population_blank1_title	Town
population_blank1	6762
population_density_blank1_km2	auto
population_blank2_title	Municipality
population_blank2	10781
population_density_blank2_km2	auto
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	18360
area_code_type	Area code
area_code	+381(0)18
blank_name	Car plates
blank_info	NI
website
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Svrljig (Сврљиг, ; until 1904 Derven, Дервен) is a town and municipality located in the Nišava District of the southern Serbia. According to 2022 census, the town has a population of 6,762 inhabitants, while the municipality has 10,781.

Geography

Svrljig is situated on the river Svrljiški Timok, 30 km east from Niš, the third largest city in Serbia. Nearby villages include Crnoljevica and Prekonoga.

Settlements

Aside from the town of Svrljig, the municipality includes the following settlements:

History

Anthropology

An anthropological study by Mihailo Kostić claimed that the Svrljig province was inhabited by mostly an "olden" population, while part descends from "colonists from the second half of the 15th century". According to Petar Vlahović, Svrljig is part of the Serbian Šopi ethnographical region.

Middle Ages

Svrljig was the name of a župa (county) in the Middle Ages. It is mentioned (for the first time) in the geographical list of counties and cities in the 1019–20 charters of Byzantine Emperor Basil II. The settlement and its surrounding region is mentioned as part of the Eparchy of Niš. In 1183, Svrljig and other nearby fortifications were taken over by Serbian Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja. The fortification mostly dates to the medieval Serbian period. An evangelion manuscript written in Svrljig in the Serbian redaction of Old Slavic dating to 1279 is preserved in fragments. After the fall of Braničevo under the Serbian king Stefan Milutin in 1290s Svrljig became a border region. Svrljig was conquered and plundered in 1413 by Ottoman prince Musa Çelebi. It was then part of Stefan Lazarević's Serbian Despotate.

Early modern period

The town was known as Isferlik and Isfirlig in Ottoman Turkish. It was administratively part of the Sanjak of Vidin.

Modern

During the Toplica Uprising (1917), Serbian guerrilla bands were active in the region.

In 1922, the Niš–Svrljig–Knjaževac–Zaječar highway was built. From 1929 to 1941, Svrljig was part of the Morava Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. During World War II, Yugoslav Partisans were active in the region.

Demographics

| type = | percentages = pagr |1948|32282 |1953|32939 |1961|30260 |1971|26505 |1981|24242 |1991|20740 |2002|17284 |2011|14249 |2022|10781 | source = According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Svrljig has 14,249 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

The ethnic composition of the municipality is: ::data[format=table]

Ethnic group	Population	%
Serbs	13,843	97.15%
Roma	157	1.10%
Hungarians	9	0.06%
Macedonians	8	0.06%
Bulgarians	6	0.04%
Croats	6	0.04%
Others	220	1.54%
Total	14,249
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Economy

The following table gives a preview of total number of employed people per their core activity (as of 2017): ::data[format=table]

Activity	Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	8
Mining	-
Processing industry	1,105
Distribution of power, gas and water	20
Distribution of water and water waste management	36
Construction	109
Wholesale and retail, repair	344
Traffic, storage and communication	88
Hotels and restaurants	73
Media and telecommunications	35
Finance and insurance	10
Property stock and charter	-
Professional, scientific, innovative and technical activities	54
Administrative and other services	12
Administration and social assurance	128
Education	172
Healthcare and social work	113
Art, leisure and recreation	4
Other services	28
Total	2,340
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References

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Hazim Šabanović. (1969). "Prilozi za orijentalnu filologiju: Revue de philologie orientale".
Gliša Elezović. (1974). "Turski spomenice".
Божица Младеновић. (1 September 2007). "Топлички устанак 1917.: збирка докумената". Istorijski institut.
Srboljub Đ Stamenković. (2001). "Географска енциклопедија насеља Србије: М-Р". Универзитет у Београду. Географски факултет.
Petar Višnjić. (1985). "Operacije za oslobođenje istočne Srbije: jun-oktobar 1944". Izd. Istorijski arhiv "Timočka krajina".
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