Vlasotince

Vlasotince is town and municipality in south-east Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. The municipality has 29,669 inhabitants, while the town itself has a population of 15,830 (2011 census).

History

According to Turkish records, the town existed in the 15th century as a Turkish administrative center. After the Turks were forced out of Serbia, locals started growing winegrapes as a kind of complementary business to their building activities. They made Vlasotince number one wine region in former Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

 and furthermore the biggest wine exporter in the Balkans

Balkans

The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...

. The craftmenship and building skills of workers and builders from this region were very much appreciated in former Yugoslavia and its surrounding neighbours until the recent Balkan Wars.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):

• Serbs = 32,858
• Roma = 277
• others.

Municipal settlements

Vlasotince municipality consists of Vlasotince (town) and the following villages surrounding it:

Aleksine Batulovce Boljare Borin Dol Brezovica Crna Bara (Vlasotince) Crnatovo Gložane Gornja Lopušnja Gornja Lomnica Gornji Dejan Gornji Orah Gornji Prisjan Gradište Gunjetina

Donje Gare Donji Dejan Donja Lopušnja Dobroviš Donja Lomnica Donji Prisjan Jastrebac Javorje Jakovljevo Komarica Konopnica Kozilo Kruševica Kukavica (Vlasotince) Ladovica

Lipovica Orašje Prilepac Pržojne Ravna Gora (Vlasotince) Ravni Del Samarnica Šišava Skrapež Sredor Stajkovce Svođe Zlatićevo

External links

• Municipality of Vlasotince
• Radio Gaga and TV Vlasotince
• Vlasotince in heart