Crna Trava

Crna Trava
Црна Трава (Serbian)
View on Crna Trava
View on Crna Trava
Location of the municipality of Crna Trava within Serbia
Location of the municipality of Crna Trava within Serbia
Coordinates: 42°48′36.53″N 22°17′56.43″E / 42.8101472°N 22.2990083°E / 42.8101472; 22.2990083
Country Serbia
RegionSouthern and Eastern Serbia
DistrictJablanica
Settlements25
Government
 • MayorSlavoljub Blagojević (PSS)
Area
 • Village12.23 km2 (4.72 sq mi)
 • Municipality312 km2 (120 sq mi)
Elevation
964 m (3,163 ft)
Population
 (2022 census)[2]
 • Village
338
 • Village density28/km2 (72/sq mi)
 • Municipality
1,063
 • Municipality density3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
16215
Area code+381(0)16
Car platesLE
Websitewww.opstinacrnatrava.org.rs

Crna Trava (Serbian Cyrillic: Црна Трава, pronounced [tsr̩̂ːnaː trǎːʋa]) is a village and municipality located in the Jablanica District of southern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the population of the village is 338 inhabitants, while population of the municipality is 1,063. This is the smallest by population and poorest municipality in Serbia.[3]

Crna Trava is famous for its migrant builders, who are considered the best in the region and are colloquially described as "building half of Yugoslavia".[4][5]

  1. ^ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
  2. ^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia: Comparative Overview of the Number of Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011, Data by settlements" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2014. ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  3. ^ "B92 - News - Unemployment, poverty on rise in Serbia". Archived from the original on 2010-10-22. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
  4. ^ Danilo Kocić (7–8 April 2018). "Spomenik Crnotravki" [Monument to the woman of Crna Trava]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 14.
  5. ^ Daliborka Mučibabić (14 June 2019). Црнотравац неимар у Чубурском парку [Crna Trava builder in Čubura Park]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 15.