Municipalities and cities of Serbia

Municipalities and cities of Serbia, according to the Law on Territorial Organization

Serbia is divided into 150 municipalities (Serbian: opštine) and 24 cities (gradovi), which are the basic units of local self-government^[1]. The city may and may not be divided into "city municipalities" (gradske opštine). The four largest cities, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš and Kragujevac each comprise several municipalities, divided into "urban" (in the city proper) and "other" (suburban). There are 29 city municipalities (17 in Belgrade, 5 in Niš, 5 in Kragujevac and 2 in Novi Sad).

Of the 150 municipalities, 83 are located in Central Serbia, 39 in Vojvodina and 28 in Kosovo. Of the 24 cities, 17 are in Central Serbia, 6 are in Vojvodina and 1 in Kosovo.^[1]

Municipalities

Like in many other countries, municipalities are the basic entities of local autonomy in Serbia: they have assemblies elected on local elections (held every 4 years), presidents (predsednici opština), property (including public service companies) and budget. In addition, the city municipalities of the four cities above mentioned also have their assemblies and other prerogatives; only the cities officially have mayors (gradonačelnici), although the municipality presidents are often informally referred to as such.

Advocates of reform of Serbian local autonomy system point out that Serbian municipalities (with 50,000 citizens in average) are the largest in Europe, both by territory and number of citizens, and as such can be inefficient in handling citizens' needs and distributing the income from the country budget into most relevant projects.^{[2][3][unreliable source?]}

Cities

Cities are another type of local self-government. The territory with the "city" status usually have more than 100,000 inhabitants^[1], but is othervise very similar to municipality. There are 24 cities (gradovi), each having an assembly and budget of its own. Only the cities have mayors (gradonačelnik), although the presidents of the municipalities are often referred to as "mayors" in everyday usage.

The city may and may not be divided into "city municipalities". The four largest cities, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš and Kragujevac comprise several municipalities, divided into "urban" (in the city proper) and "other" (suburban). Competences of cities and their municipalities are divided. Of those, only Novi Sad did not undergo the full transformation, as the newly formed municipality of Petrovaradin exists pretty much only formally; thus, the Municipality of Novi Sad is largely equated to City of Novi Sad (and the single largest municipality in the country, with around 300,000 residents).

Municipalities and cities of Kosovo

Serbian laws treat Kosovo as integral part of Serbia (Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija). The Low on territorial organisation defines 28 municipalities and 1 city on the territory of Kosovo.^[1] But, since 1999, Kosovo is under United Nations' administration of UNMIK. The UNMIK administration changed territorial organisation on the territory of Kosovo. In 2000 the municipality of Gora was merged with Opolje (part of the Municipality of Prizren) into the new municipality of Dragaš and one new municipality was created: Mališevo. Later, from 2005 to 2008, seven new municipalities were created: Gračanica, Đeneral Janković, Junik, Parteš, Klokot-Vrbovac, Ranilug and Mamuša^[4]. Serbian government does not recognize this move, although some of these new-formed municipalities have Serb majority, and some Serbs participate in local elections. In three of those municipalities: Gračanica, Klokot-Vrbovac and Ranilug, Serbian parties won majority in the 2009 elections.^[5][6]

History

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List of Municipalities

This is the list of the municipalities in Serbia, as defined by the Low on territorial organisation^[1]. It does not include municipalities in Kosovo created by UNMIK after 1999. The data on population is taken from the 2002 census^[7]. The census was not conducted in Kosovo, which is under administration of UNMIK, so the population numbers are not given for the municipalities in Kosovo.

№[8]	Crest	Municipality	District	Area [Km²]	Population
23		Bor	Bor District	856	55,817
63		Kladovo	Bor District	629	23,622
86		Majdanpek	Bor District	932	23,703
93		Negotin	Bor District	1,089	43,551
29		Veliko Gradište	Braničevo District	344	20,659
41		Golubac	Braničevo District	368	9,913
89		Malo Crniće	Braničevo District	271	13,853
50		Žabari	Braničevo District	264	13,034
105		Petrovac na Mlavi	Braničevo District	655	34,511
77		Kučevo	Braničevo District	721	18,808
51		Žagubica	Braničevo District	760	14,823
21		Bojnik	Jablanica District	264	13,118
80		Lebane	Jablanica District	337	24,918
90		Medveđa	Jablanica District	524	10,760
33		Vlasotince	Jablanica District	308	33,312
145		Crna Trava	Jablanica District	312	2,563
102		Osečina	Kolubara District	319	15,135
143		Ub	Kolubara District	456	32,104
78		Lajkovac	Kolubara District	186	17,062
92		Mionica	Kolubara District	329	16,513
84		Ljig	Kolubara District	279	14,629
20		Bogatić	Mačva District	384	32,990
31		Vladimirci	Mačva District	338	20,373
73		Koceljeva	Mačva District	257	15,636
87		Mali Zvornik	Mačva District	184	14,076
74		Krupanj	Mačva District	342	20,192
85		Ljubovija	Mačva District	356	17,052
43		Gornji Milanovac	Moravica District	836	47,641
83		Lučani	Moravica District	454	26,614
56		Ivanjica	Moravica District	1,090	35,445
3		Aleksinac	Nišava District	707	57,749
123		Svrljig	Nišava District	497	17,284
91		Merošina	Nišava District	193	14,812
117		Ražanj	Nišava District	289	11,369
47		Doljevac	Nišava District	121	19,561
38		Gadžin Han	Nišava District	325	10,464
32		Vladičin Han	Pčinja District	366	23,703
134		Surdulica	Pčinja District	628	22,190
24		Bosilegrad	Pčinja District	571	9,931
138		Trgovište	Pčinja District	370	6,372
26		Bujanovac	Pčinja District	461	43,302
112		Preševo	Pčinja District	264	34,904
15		Bela Palanka	Pirot District	951	14,381
108		Pirot	Pirot District	1,232	63,791
8		Babušnica	Pirot District	529	15,734
46		Dimitrovgrad	Pirot District	483	11,748
127		Smederevska Palanka	Podunavlje District	422	56,011
28		Velika Plana	Podunavlje District	345	16,210
142		Ćuprija	Pomoravlje District	287	33,567
104		Paraćin	Pomoravlje District	542	58,301
122		Svilajnac	Pomoravlje District	326	25,511
44		Despotovac	Pomoravlje District	623	25,611
120		Rekovac	Pomoravlje District	366	13,551
27		Varvarin	Rasina District	249	20,122
139		Trstenik	Rasina District	448	49,043
141		Ćićevac	Rasina District	124	10,755
2		Aleksandrovac	Rasina District	387	29,389
25		Brus	Rasina District	606	18,764
35		Vrnjačka Banja	Raška District	239	26,492
119		Raška	Raška District	670	26,981
140		Tutin	Raška District	742	30,054
6		Aranđelovac	Šumadija District	376	48,129
137		Topola	Šumadija District	356	25,292
118		Rača	Šumadija District	216	12,959
10		Batočina	Šumadija District	136	12,220
65		Knić	Šumadija District	413	16,148
79		Lapovo	Šumadija District	55	8,228
116		Prokuplje	Toplica District	759	48,501
19		Blace	Toplica District	306	13,759
76		Kuršumlija	Toplica District	952	21,608
53		Žitorađa	Toplica District	214	18,207
22		Boljevac	Zaječar District	828	15,849
66		Knjaževac	Zaječar District	1,202	37,172
128		Sokobanja	Zaječar District	525	18,571
9		Bajina Bašta	Zlatibor District	673	28,776
69		Kosjerić	Zlatibor District	358	14,001
111		Požega	Zlatibor District	426	32,293
146		Čajetina	Zlatibor District	647	15,628
7		Arilje	Zlatibor District	349	19,784
94		Nova Varoš	Zlatibor District	581	19,982
115		Prijepolje	Zlatibor District	827	41,188
126		Sjenica	Zlatibor District	1,059	34,500
113		Priboj	Zlatibor District	553	30,377
96		Novi Bečej	Central Banat District	609	26,924
95		Nova Crnja	Central Banat District	273	12,705
52		Žitište	Central Banat District	525	20,399
125		Sečanj	Central Banat District	523	16,377
13		Bačka Topola	North Bačka District	596	38,245
88		Mali Iđoš	North Bačka District	175	13,494
60		Kanjiža	North Banat District	399	27,510
124		Senta	North Banat District	293	25,568
1		Ada	North Banat District	229	18,994
147		Čoka	North Banat District	321	13,832
97		Novi Kneževac	North Banat District	305	12,975
62		Kikinda	North Banat District	782	67,002
130		Srbobran	South Bačka District	284	17,855
11		Bač	South Bačka District	367	16,268
18		Bečej	South Bačka District	487	40,987
34		Vrbas	South Bačka District	376	45,852
12		Bačka Palanka	South Bačka District	579	60,966
14		Bački Petrovac	South Bačka District	158	14,681
49		Žabalj	South Bačka District	400	27,513
136		Titel	South Bačka District	262	17,050
135		Temerin	South Bačka District	170	28,275
17		Beočin	South Bačka District	186	16,086
131		Sremski Karlovci	South Bačka District	51	8,839
109		Plandište	South Banat District	383	13,377
100		Opovo	South Banat District	203	11,016
67		Kovačica	South Banat District	419	27,890
4		Alibunar	South Banat District	602	22,954
36		Vršac	South Banat District	1,324	54,369
16		Bela Crkva	South Banat District	353	20,367
68		Kovin	South Banat District	730	36,802
148		Šid	Srem District	687	38,973
57		Inđija	Srem District	384	49,609
58		Irig	Srem District	230	12,329
121		Ruma	Srem District	582	60,006
132		Stara Pazova	Srem District	351	67,576
107		Pećinci	Srem District	489	21,506
5		Apatin	West Bačka District	333	32,813
103		Odžaci	West Bačka District	411	35,582
75		Kula	West Bačka District	481	48,353
39		Glogovac	Kosovo District	290
70		Kosovo Polje	Kosovo District	89
82		Lipljan	Kosovo District	401
99		Obilić	Kosovo District	105
110		Podujevo	Kosovo District	625
144		Uroševac	Kosovo District	344
149		Štimlje	Kosovo District	134
61		Kačanik	Kosovo District	294
150		Štrpce	Kosovo District	248
71		Kosovska Kamenica	Kosovo-Pomoravlje District	509
98		Novo Brdo	Kosovo-Pomoravlje District	81
40		Gnjilane	Kosovo-Pomoravlje District	510
30		Vitina	Kosovo-Pomoravlje District	289
72		Kosovska Mitrovica	Kosovska Mitrovica District	336
81		Leposavić	Kosovska Mitrovica District	539
129		Srbica	Kosovska Mitrovica District	374
37		Vučitrn	Kosovska Mitrovica District	353
55		Zubin Potok	Kosovska Mitrovica District	328
54		Zvečan	Kosovska Mitrovica District	123
106		Peć	Peć District	603
59		Istok	Peć District	464
64		Klina	Peć District	403
48		Đakovica	Peć District	587
45		Dečani	Peć District	402
101		Orahovac	Prizren District	401
133		Suva Reka	Prizren District	434
114		Prizren	Prizren District	757
42		Gora1	Prizren District	310

1.^ The seat of the municipality is Dragaš

List of Cities and City Municipalities

№[8]	Crest	City	District	Crest	Municipality	Area [Km²]	Population
1		Valjevo	Kolubara District	no		905	96,761
2		Vranje	Pčinja District	no		860	87,288
3		Zaječar	Zaječar District	no		1,069	75,969
4		Zrenjanin	Central Banat District	no		1,324	132,051
5		Jagodina	Pomoravlje District	no		470	78,000
6		Kragujevac	Šumadija District		Aerodrom	232	36,217
					Pivara	258	49,154
					Stanovo	155	39,252
					Stari Grad	16	62,794
					Stragari	165	4,500
7		Kraljevo	Raška District	no		1,530	121,707
8		Kruševac	Rasina District	no		854	133,732
9		Leskovac	Jablanica District	no		1,025	162,000
10		Loznica	Mačva District	no		612	96,413
11		Niš	Nišava District		Medijana	16	100,000
					Palilula	117	72,000
					Pantelej	142	48,000
					Crveni Krst	182	33,452
					Niška Banja	145	15,359
12		Novi Pazar	Raška District	no		742	85,996
13		Novi Sad[9]	South Bačka District		Novi Sad	699	370,101
					Petrovaradin (defunct)
14		Pančevo	South Banat District	no		759	127,162
15		Požarevac[10]	Braničevo District		Požarevac	482	74,902
					Kostolac
16		Priština	Kosovo District	no		854
17		Smederevo	Podunavlje District	no		484	109,809
18		Sombor	West Bačka District	no		1,178	97,263
19		Sremska Mitrovica	Srem District	no		762	85,605
20		Subotica	North Bačka District	no		1,008	148,401
21		Užice	Zlatibor District	no		667	83,022
22		Čačak	Moravica District	no		636	117,072
23		Šabac	Mačva District	no		795	122,893
special status		City of Belgrade	no		Barajevo	213	24,641
					Čukarica	155	168,508
					Grocka	289	75,466
					Lazarevac	384	58,511
					Mladenovac	339	56,389
					Novi Beograd	41	388,354
					Obrenovac	411	70,975
					Palilula		155,902
					Rakovica	29	99,000
					Savski Venac	16	42,505
					Sopot	271	21,390
					Stari Grad	7	55,543
					Surčin	285	38,695
					Voždovac	150	151,768
					Vračar	3	58,386
					Zemun	154	152,950
					Zvezdara	31	137,523

See also

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• Administrative divisions of Serbia
• Districts of Serbia
• Districts of Kosovo

References

• Municipalities of Serbia 2008, Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, issued January 2009, ISSN 1452-4856 (Public Domain, see template:PD-SerbiaGov)

External links

• Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities of Serbia
• Serbia Local Government Reform Program^{[dead link]}
• Online map of Serbia^{[dead link]}