Savski Venac Савски Венац (Serbian) | |
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 Location of Savski Venac within the city of Belgrade | |
| Coordinates:44°41′N20°24′E / 44.683°N 20.400°E /44.683; 20.400 | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| City |  Belgrade |
| Status | Municipality |
| Settlements | 1 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality of Belgrade |
| • Mun. president | Miloš Vidović (SNS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 14.07 km2 (5.43 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 36,699 |
| • Density | 2,608/km2 (6,756/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 11000 |
| Area code | +381(0)11 |
| Car plates | BG |
| Website | www.savskivenac.rs |
Savski Venac (Serbian Cyrillic:Савски Венац,pronounced[sâːv̞skiːv̞ě̞ːnat͡s]) is amunicipality of the city ofBelgrade. According to the 2022 census results, the municipality has a population of 36,699 inhabitants.
It is one of the three municipalities which constitute the very center of Belgrade, together withStari Grad andVračar.[2]
Savski Venac is located on the right bank of the Sava river. It stretches in the north-south direction for 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) (from downtown Belgrade, just 200 meters (660 ft) fromTerazije, toBanjica) and east-west direction for 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) (fromSenjak and the Sava bank toAutokomanda). It borders the municipalities ofStari Grad to the north,Vračar to the north-east,Voždovac to the east,Rakovica to the south andČukarica to the west.
While Savski Venac and Stari Grad are often styledthe oldest municipalities of Belgrade due to their inclusion of the oldest sections of urban Belgrade outside the walls of theKalemegdan fortress, they are actually the most recently created municipalities of Belgrade. Both were formed in 1957 by merger of older, smaller municipalities; Savski Venac was formed in by merger of the municipalities of Zapadni Vračar (its main predecessor) and Topčidersko Brdo and a new, geographical name,Savski Venac, was coined for it.
(Venac is usually used in Belgrade's geography in term of a round street (Obilićev Venac,Kosančićev Venac) or a rim of the river (Dunavski Venac). In this case it was the "rim of the Sava".)
With an area of 14 square kilometers (5.4 sq mi), Savski Venac is the third smallest municipality of Belgrade after Vračar and Stari Grad. Despite being small in area, it includes several diverse geographical features:
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1948 | 54,067 | — |
| 1953 | 65,366 | +3.87% |
| 1961 | 74,971 | +1.73% |
| 1971 | 63,531 | −1.64% |
| 1981 | 53,374 | −1.73% |
| 1991 | 47,682 | −1.12% |
| 2002 | 42,505 | −1.04% |
| 2011 | 39,122 | −0.92% |
| 2022 | 36,699 | −0.58% |
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According to the census of 2022, Savski Venac has a population of 36,699 inhabitants. As all the other central city municipalities, it has been depopulating for decades, however, it still remains one of the most densely populated: 2,445/km2 (6,330/sq mi) (4,686/km² or 12,136/sq mi back in 1961).
The ethnic composition of the municipality:[5]
| Ethnic group | Population |
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| Serbs | 27,881 |
| Yugoslavs | 466 |
| Russians | 277 |
| Montenegrins | 205 |
| Croats | 152 |
| Romani | 138 |
| Macedonians | 110 |
| Gorani | 62 |
| Bosniaks | 56 |
| Slovenians | 50 |
| Muslims | 34 |
| Hungarians | 27 |
| Romanians | 26 |
| Ukrainians | 21 |
| Slovaks | 20 |
| Germans | 17 |
| Bulgarians | 10 |
| Others | 7,207 |
| Total | 36,699 |
Presidents of the municipality (since 1997):
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):[6]
| Activity | Total |
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| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 115 |
| Mining and quarrying | 21 |
| Manufacturing | 2,139 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 105 |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 283 |
| Construction | 2,268 |
| Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 4,759 |
| Transportation and storage | 4,099 |
| Accommodation and food services | 2,204 |
| Information and communication | 3,801 |
| Financial and insurance activities | 2,431 |
| Real estate activities | 262 |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 4,729 |
| Administrative and support service activities | 5,919 |
| Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 43,170 |
| Education | 4,407 |
| Human health and social work activities | 19,448 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 1,184 |
| Other service activities | 1,069 |
| Individual agricultural workers | 8 |
| Total | 104,424 |
Sportsko Selo ("Sport Village") – In the early 1970s a football pitch was built at the end of theDeligradska street, right above the highway. It was adapted into theYugoslav People's Army Reserve Officers' Training Ground, but in the early 1990s the location was abandoned. The lot was left unattended and gradually turned into arubbish dump. In 2009 a project for the ground was jointly drafted by the city and the municipality with the working title "Ada Ciganlija u malom". After two years of construction, the new complex was opened on 30 May 2011. It covers an area of 85 ares (91,000 square feet) and contains one volleyball, three basketball and four tennis courts, children playgrounds and a fitness plateau. There are also afutsal andbocce courts,outdoor gym, walking paths, rest areas, wooden ice-cream kiosk and a parking lot. The complex is situated in a wooded area and includes an amphitheater suitable for the theatrical performances in the open. Invited to choose the name for the complex between the originally proposed "Ada Ciganlija u malom" and "Sportsko Selo" which appeared during the construction, citizens picked the latter.[7][8]
Savski Venac constitutes the western section of the downtownBelgrade. Most government offices and administrative buildings are located in the municipality, including:
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Urban forests and parks include:[12]
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