Kruševac

Infobox Serbia municipality
native_name = Крушевац|official_name=Kruševac
image_shield = Grb_ks.jpg
district = Rasina
mayor = Dragan Azdejković (DSS)
area_km2 = 854
population_total = 75256 | mpop=149732
latd = 43| latm = 35|longd = 21| longm = 19
code = 37
settlements = 101
plates = KŠ
postal_code = 37000
website = www.krusevac.org.yu

Kruševac (Serbian Cyrillic: Крушевац, Audio|Krusevac.ogg|listen) is a city and a municipality located in Serbia at 43.58° North, 21.32° East. According to the 2002 census it had a population of 75,256 (municipality: 133,732). Kruševac is the administrative center of the Rasina District of Serbia.

History and monuments

Kruševac was founded in 1371. [ [http://www.krusevac.org.yu/viewpage.php?page_id=6 СО Крушевац, званична презентација ] ] It was in Kruševac that the prominent Serbian noble, Lazar, assembled a Serb army to march against the Turks, at Kosovo, in 1389. The site of his palace is marked by a ruined enclosure containing a fragment of the tower of Queen Milica, whither, according to legend, tidings of the defeat were brought to her by crows from the battlefield. Within the enclosure stands a church, dating from the same time, with beautiful rose windows and with imperial peacocks, dragons and eagles sculptured on the walls. Several old Turkish houses were left at the beginning of the 20th century, besides an old Turkish fountain and bath.There is also a large monument dedicated to the Battle of Kosovo (Бој на Косову, "Boj na Kosovu"). As a part of the monument there is a statue of the famous Serbian poet and "gusle" player Filip Višnjić.

Municipality

Municipality of Kruševac has 101 settlements of which only the municipality center Kruševac is urban.

List of the settlements in the municipality:
* Kruševac
* Begovo Brdo
* Bela Voda
* Belasica
* Bivolje
* Bovan
* Bojince
* Boljevac
* Brajkovac
* Bukovica
* Buci
* Velika Kruševica
* Velika Lomnica
* Veliki Kupci
* Veliki Šiljegovac
* Veliko Golovode
* Veliko Krušince
* Vitanovac
* Vratare
* Vučak
* Gavez
* Gaglovo
* Gari
* Globare
* Globoder
* Gornji Stepoš
* Grevci
* Grkljane
* Dvorane
* Dedina
* Dobromir
* Doljane
* Donji Stepoš
* Đunis
* Žabare
* Zdravinje
* Zebica
* Zubovac
* Jablanica
* Jasika
* Jošje
* Kamenare
* Kaonik
* Kapidžija
* Kobilje
* Komorane
* Konjuh
* Koševi
* Krvavica
* Kukljin
* Lazarevac
* Lazarica
* Lipovac
* Lovci
* Lukavac
* Ljubava
* Majdevo
* Makrešane
* Mala Vrbnica
* Mala Reka
* Mali Kupci
* Mali Šiljegovac
* Malo Golovode
* Malo Krušince
* Mačkovac
* Meševo
* Modrica
* Mudrakovac
* Naupare
* Padež
* Pakašnica
* Parunovac
* Pasjak
* Pepeljevac
* Petina
* Pozlata
* Poljaci
* Ribare
* Ribarska Banja
* Rlica
* Rosica
* Sebečevac
* Sezemče
* Slatina
* Srndalje
* Srnje
* Stanci
* Suvaja
* Sušica
* Tekija
* Trebotin
* Trmčare
* Ćelije
* Cerova
* Crkvina
* Čitluk
* Šavrane
* Šanac
* Šašilovac
* Šogolj
* Štitare

Demographics (2002 census)

Politics

Seats in the municipality parliament won in the 2008 local elections [http://www.krusevac.org.yu/viewpage.php?page_id=15 | Politicke stranke u lokalnom parlamentu] ] :

References

Gallery

Famous residents

*Miodrag Petrović Čkalja
*Predrag Jovanović
*Radmila Savićević
*Vlastimir Đuza Stojiljković
*Radmila Živković
*Taško Načić
*Radoš Bajić
*Milija Vuković
*Vojin Ćetković
*Nataša Šolak
*Nebojša Bradić
*Dobrica Ćosić
*Stanislav Binički
*Petar Miladinović
*Ljiljana Habjanović Đurović
*Milan Milovanović
*Predrag Vesić
*Marko Živić
*Dejan Miletić
*Goran Grbović
*Miroslav Mišković
*Stojan Protić

Sister cities

* (1966)
* Trogir, Croatia (1972)
* Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1972)
*flagicon|Greece Corfu, Greece (1985)
*flagicon|Hungary Szentendre, Hungary (1990)
*flagicon|Israel Qiryat Gat, Israel (1990)
*flagicon|Romania Rimnicu Vilcea, Romania (2003)

Other forms of cooperation and city friendship similar to the twin/sister city programmes:

* Volgograd, Russia (1999)
*flagicon|Bulgaria Stara Zagora, Bulgaria (2000)
* (2000)
*flagicon|Slovenia Žalec, Slovenia (2006)
*flagicon|Republika Srpska Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006)

External links

* [http://www.krusevac.org.yu Official website]
* [http://www.krusevacgrad.co.yu City newspaper]
* [http://www.037info.net Independent web portal]
* [http://www.037ks.com Krusevac online]

ee also

*List of cities in Serbia