Donje Crniljevo

Donje Crniljevo
Donje Crniljevo is located in Serbia
Donje Crniljevo
Donje Crniljevo
Coordinates: 44°28′02″N 19°37′39″E / 44.46722°N 19.62750°E / 44.46722; 19.62750
Country Serbia
MunicipalityKoceljeva
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
981
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Donje Crniljevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Доње Црниљево) is a village in Serbia. It is situated on the banks of the Tamnava river in the Koceljeva municipality, in the Mačva District of Central Serbia. The village had a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 981 in 2002.

The toponym is derived from Slavic donje ("lower") and crn ("black", cognate with Czech Černilov, etc.).[1]

Geography

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There are ceramic mines of miopliocene sediments in the area.[2]

History

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The settlement was formerly known as Crniljevo Tamnavsko, while neighbouring Gornje Crniljevo ("Upper Crniljevo") was known as Crniljevo-Osečina.[3] Jovan Tomić Belov, a local, participated in the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13).[4]

Demographics

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  • 1948: 1,498
  • 1953: 1,561
  • 1961: 1,422
  • 1971: 1,344
  • 1981: 1,292
  • 1991: 1,149
  • 2002: 981[5]

References

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  1. ^ Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Classe. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. 1864. p. 71.
  2. ^ Techna (1994). Industrial Ceramics. Vol. 14. Techna. p. 155-158.
  3. ^ Savezni zavod za statistiku (1983). Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u 1981. godini: abecedni spisak naselja u SFRJ : promene u sastavu i nazivima naselja za period 1948-1981: abecedni spisak gradskih naselja u SFRJ. Savezni zavod za statistiku. p. 16.
  4. ^ Nenadović, Konstantin N. (1884). Живот и дела великог Ђорђа Петровића Кара-Ђорђа. Vol. II (1 ed.). Vienna: У Штампарији Јована Н. Вернаја. pp. 583–585 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ In Serbian Књига 9, Становништво, упоредни преглед броја становника 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002, подаци по насељима, Републички завод за статистику, Београд, мај 2004, ISBN 86-84433-14-9

See also

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44°28′02″N 19°37′39″E / 44.46722°N 19.62750°E / 44.46722; 19.62750