Savski Venac
Савски Венац (Serbian)
Municipality
Coat of arms of Savski Venac
Coat of arms
Location of Savski Venac within the city of Belgrade
Location of Savski Venac within the city of Belgrade
Coordinates: 44°41′N 20°24′E / 44.683°N 20.400°E / 44.683; 20.400
Country Serbia
City Belgrade
StatusMunicipality
Settlements1
Government
 • TypeMunicipality of Belgrade
 • Mun. presidentMiloš Vidović (SNS)
Area
[1]
 • Total14.07 km2 (5.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total36,699
 • Density2,600/km2 (6,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
11000
Area code+381(0)11
Car platesBG
Websitewww.savskivenac.rs

Savski Venac (Serbian Cyrillic: Савски Венац, pronounced [sâːv̞skiː v̞ě̞ːnat͡s]) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. 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 with Stari Grad and Vračar.[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) from Terazije, to Banjica) and east-west direction for 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) (from Senjak and the Sava bank to Autokomanda). It borders the municipalities of Stari Grad to the north, Vračar to the north-east, Voždovac to the east, Rakovica to the south and Čukarica to the west.

History and name

While Savski Venac and Stari Grad are often styled the oldest municipalities of Belgrade due to their inclusion of the oldest sections of urban Belgrade outside the walls of the Kalemegdan 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".)

Geography

Savski venac mapa

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:

  • the low section on the right bank of the Sava river (Savamala and Bara Venecija). Due to its low altitude toward the Sava, and lack of any protection, this is the only part of central urban area of Belgrade that gets flooded during the extremely high waters of the river. It was almost completely flooded in 1984 and during major floods in 2006.
  • southern slopes of the hill of Terazije (Terazijska Terasa) which descends from downtown Belgrade to the Sava.
  • entire western slope of the Vračar Hill (Karađorđev Park and former Zapadni Vračar) which also descends to the Sava.
  • southern slope of the Vračar Hill, known as the Guberevac Hill or Ludo Brdo ("Crazy Hill") as it is the location of the psychiatric hospital "Laza Lazarević".[3]
  • the former valley of the stream od Mokroluški Potok, now conducted underground. It is a route to the modern highway and the new railstation of Prokop.
  • the hill of Topčidersko Brdo which has a cliff-like edge above the Sava (Senjak).
  • the hill of Banjica in the extreme south of the municipality.
  • the upper valley of Topčiderska reka and the vast park-forest of Topčider.


Neighborhoods

Demographics

Church of St. Archangel Gabriel
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
194854,067—    
195365,366+3.87%
196174,971+1.73%
197163,531−1.64%
198153,374−1.73%
199147,682−1.12%
200242,505−1.04%
201139,122−0.92%
202236,699−0.58%
Source: [4]

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).

Ethnic structure

The ethnic composition of the municipality:[5]

Ethnic group Population
Serbs27,881
Yugoslavs466
Russians277
Montenegrins205
Croats152
Romani138
Macedonians110
Gorani62
Bosniaks56
Slovenians50
Muslims34
Hungarians27
Romanians26
Ukrainians21
Slovaks20
Germans17
Bulgarians10
Others7,207
Total36,699

Administration

Presidents of the municipality (since 1997):

  • 1997–2000: Zdravko Krstić
  • 2000–2004: Branislav Belić
  • 2004–2012: Tomislav Đorđević
  • 2012–2016: Dušan Dinčić
  • 2016–2020: Irena Vujović
  • 2020–present: Miloš Vidović

Economy

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
Agriculture, forestry and fishing115
Mining and quarrying21
Manufacturing2,139
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply105
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities283
Construction2,268
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles4,759
Transportation and storage4,099
Accommodation and food services2,204
Information and communication3,801
Financial and insurance activities2,431
Real estate activities262
Professional, scientific and technical activities4,729
Administrative and support service activities5,919
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security43,170
Education4,407
Human health and social work activities19,448
Arts, entertainment and recreation1,184
Other service activities1,069
Individual agricultural workers8
Total104,424

Sport

Sportsko Selo ("Sport Village") – In the early 1970s a football pitch was built at the end of the Deligradska street, right above the highway. It was adapted into the Yugoslav 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 a rubbish 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 a futsal and bocce 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]

Features

Savski Venac constitutes the western section of the downtown Belgrade. Most government offices and administrative buildings are located in the municipality, including:

The building of the National Bank of Serbia, near Slavija Square

Administration

Traffic



Savski Venac railway map
to Novi Beograd
New Railroad
Bridge
│
Old Railroad
Bridge
1
Sava River
NIS
to Beograd Donji grad
Čukarica
Savski Venac
2
 Beograd Glavna enlarge…
Topčider
Senjak tunnel
Savski Venac
Rakovica
Beograd Centar
Dedinje tunnel
Karađorđev Park
to Košutnjak
3
to Vukov Spomenik

1. New Belgrade enlarge…–Čukarica–Savski Venac border
2. Savski Venac–Stari grad border
3. Savski Venac–Vračar border

Economy and tourism

Health

  • Clinical Centre of Serbia, with 24 clinics and hospitals (beginning at Karađorđev park); two skyscrapers, which were to become one single Clinical Centre (Policlinic), a joint location for all the existing separate clinics, were planned already in 1973. Construction began in 1976, but due to the lack of funding, the works were soon halted. They were resumed in 1983 and in 1987 the first building was finished, but only the lower floors became operational. Upper floors remained unfinished and left to the elements since. Preliminary works, which include reconstruction of the finished structure and the construction of another one began on 6 December 2018. In March 2019, the Health ministry announced that the renovation of the operational part, revitalization of the empty building and construction of the twin tower, will all be finished by 2022.[9][10]
  • University's Children hospital in Tiršova Street, built from 1936 to 1940. Construction of the new children's hospital, colloquially called Tiršova 2, closer to the highway, began on 20 October 2021.[11]

Culture and education

Forests and parks

Urban forests and parks include:[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Насеља општине Савски Венац" (PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Savski Venac - Official Profile in English
  3. ↑ Marija Brakočević (21 May 2014). "Beograd leži na 23 brda" [Belgrade lies on 23 hills]. Politika (in Serbian).
  4. ↑ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "ETHNICITY Data by municipalities and cities" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, 2019" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Sportski tereni umesto deponije", Politika (in Serbian), 18 May 2011
  8. ↑ M.S.M. (31 May 2011), "Od deponije - sportska oaza", Politika (in Serbian)
  9. ↑ Danijela Davidov Kesar (8 March 2019). "На лечење у обновљени КЦС тек 2022. године" [Treatments in the renovated CCS only in 2022]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 8.
  10. ↑ Danijela Davidov Kesar (9 July 2021). Ургентни центар ускоро у новом простору [ER soon on new location]. Politika (in Serbian). pp. 1 & 7.
  11. ↑ Ana Vuković (21 October 2021). Почела градња Тиршове 2 [Construction of Tiršova 2 began]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 15.
  12. ↑ Anica Teofilović, Vesna Isajlović, Milica Grozdanić (2010). Пројекат "Зелена регулатива Београда" - IV фаза: План генералне регулације система зелених површина Београда (концепт плана) [Project "Green regulations of Belgrade" - IV phase: Plan of the general regulation of the green area system in Belgrade (concept of the plan)]. Urbanistički zavod Beograda.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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