Municipalities and cities of Serbia

Municipalities and cities of Serbia
Општине и градови Србије
Municipalities and cities of Serbia
CategoryUnitary state
LocationSerbia
Created byDecree
Created
  • 29 January 1992 (1992-01-29)
Number145 municipalities + 29 cities
117 municipalities + 28 cities (de facto, excluding Kosovo)
Populations1,063 (Crna Trava) – 1,681,405 (Belgrade)
Areas2.87 km2 (1.11 sq mi) (Vračar) – 3,235 km2 (1,249 sq mi) (Belgrade)
Government
  • Municipal/City Assembly
Subdivisions
  • Settlements

The municipalities and cities (Serbian: општине и градови, romanizedopštine i gradovi) are the first-level administrative division and the basic level of local government of Serbia.[1][2] The country is divided into 145 municipalities (38 in Southern and Eastern Serbia, 42 in Šumadija and Western Serbia, 37 in Vojvodina and 28 in Kosovo and Metohija) and 29 cities (9 in Southern and Eastern Serbia, 10 in Šumadija and Western Serbia, 8 in Vojvodina and one in Kosovo and Metohija).

Municipalities and cities form 29 administrative districts in groups, except the City of Belgrade which is not part of any district.

  1. ^ "Закон о територијалној организацији Републике Србије" [Law on the Territorial Organisation of the Republic of Serbia]. Службени гласник Републике Србије (129): 3–41. 2007. ISSN 0353-8389.
    "Закон о изменама и допунама Закона о територијалној организацији Републике Србије" [Law on the Amendment of the Law on the Territorial Organisation of the Republic of Serbia]. Службени гласник Републике Србије (18): 32–34. 2016. ISSN 0353-8389.
  2. ^ "Pirot, Kikinda i Vršac dobili status grada" [Pirot, Kikinda and Vršac Awarded City Status]. B92. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.