Bosilegrad

Bosilegrad Босилеград
—  Town  —
Coat of arms
Location of Bosilegrad within Serbia
Coordinates: 42°30′N 22°28′E / 42.5°N 22.467°E / 42.5; 22.467
Country	Serbia
District	Pčinja
Settlements	37
Government
- Mayor	Vladimir Zaharijev (DSS)
Area [1]
- Municipality	571 km2 (220.5 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)[2]
- Total	2,702
- 9931	9,931
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	17540
Area code	+381 17
Car plates	VR

Bosilegrad (Serbian: Босилеград, Bosilegrad; Bulgarian: Босилеград, Bosilegrad) is a town and municipality in Pčinja District of Serbia. The municipality comprises an area of 571 km².

Demographics

1991 census

According to the 1991 census, the municipality of Bosilegrad had a population of 11,644 people - the ethnic Bulgarians formed a majority of the population in the municipality.

2002 census

According to the 2002 census data, the population of the Bosilegrad municipality was 9,931 people, and it was composed of:

• Bulgarians = 7,079 (70.91%)
• Serbs = 1,308 (13.17%)
• Others.

History

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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. Between 1920 and 1941 the population of the region was denied any right to education or church services in Bulgarian and was officially regarded as Serbian by the Yugoslav authorities, including changed Bulgarian names to Serbian.^{[citation needed]} The Bulgarian Internal Western Provinces Revolutionary Organisation, known as Vrtop, was active during this period. The previous governments in Belgrade neglected Southern Serbia (an overwhelmingly ethnic Serb area), which led to mass unemployment and low living standards in the town.^[3]

Following the Second World War, the Bulgarian community gained full minority rights and was integrated into the political mainstream.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. http://webrzs.statserb.sr.gov.yu/axd/Zip/OG2006webE.zip. 
2. ^ (in Serbian) Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 2003. ISBN 86-84443-00-09. 
3. ^ UN report on the Bulgarian minority

Images

Bosilegrad flag

Map of the Bosilegrad municipality

Unveiling of the monument of Bulgarian revolutionary Vasil Levski in Bosilegrad.

See also

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