Municipalities and cities of Serbia Општине и градови Србије Opštine i gradovi Srbije
Also known as: Opštine i gradovi
Municipalities and cities of Serbia
Category	Unitary state
Location	Republic of Serbia
Created by	Decree of 29 January 1992
Created	29 January 1992 (1992-01-29)
Number	145 municipalities + 29 cities 117 municipalities + 28 cities (de facto, excluding Kosovo[a]) (as of 2018)
Populations	1,663 (Crna Trava) – 1,659,440 (Belgrade)
Areas	20 sq mi (51 km2) (Sremski Karlovci) – 1,245 sq mi (3,225 km2) (Belgrade)
Government	Municipal/City Assembly
Subdivisions	Settlements

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The municipalities and cities (Serbian: општине и градови / opštine i gradovi) are the second level administrative subdivisions of Serbia. 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), forming the basic level of local government.^[1][2]

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

A city may and may not be divided into city municipalities (Serbian: градске општине / gradske opštine) depending on their size. Currently, there are six cities in Serbia with city municipalities: Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš, Požarevac, Užice and Vranje comprise several city municipalities each, divided into "urban" (in the city proper) and "other" (suburban). There are 30 city municipalities (17 in Belgrade, 5 in Niš, and 2 each in Novi Sad, Požarevac, Užice and Vranje).^[3]

Definition[edit]

Municipalities and cities[edit]

Municipalities

Like in many other countries, municipalities are the basic entities of local government in Serbia. The head of the municipality is the President of the municipality, while the executive power is held by the Municipal council, and legislative power by the Municipal assembly. Municipal assembly is elected on local elections (held every 4 years), while the President and the Council are elected by the Assembly. Municipalities have their own property (including public service companies) and budget. Only the cities officially have mayors (gradonačelnici), although the municipal presidents are often informally referred to as such.

The territory of a municipality is composed of a town (seat of the municipality) and surrounding villages (e.g. the territory of the Municipality of Čoka is composed of the town of Čoka, which is the seat of the municipality, and surrounding villages). The municipality bears the name of the seat town. Only one municipality (Municipality of Gora) does not share the name with the seat town, as the seat of that municipality is the town of Dragaš. This municipality is located in Kosovo, and thus exists only on paper. The territory of the municipality was merged with part of the Municipality of Prizren in 2000 by UNMIK to form new Municipality of Dragaš. This move is not recognised by Serbian Government (see Municipalities and cities of Kosovo section).

Advocates of reform of Serbian local self-government system point out that Serbian municipalities (with 50,000 citizens in average) are the largest in Europe, both by territory and number of residents, and as such can be inefficient in handling citizens' needs and distributing the income from the country budget into most relevant projects.^[4][5]

Cities and city municipalities

Cities are another type of local self-government. The territory with the city status usually has more than 100,000 inhabitants,^[1] but is otherwise very similar to municipality. There are 27 cities (gradovi), each having an assembly and budget of its own. Only the cities have mayors (gradonačelnik), although the presidents of the municipalities are often referred to as "mayors" in everyday usage.

As with a municipality, the territory of a city is composed of a city proper and surrounding villages (e.g. the territory of the City of Subotica is composed of the Subotica town and surrounding villages). Every city (and municipality) is part of a district. The exception is the capital Belgrade, which is not part of any district.^[6]

The city may or may not be divided into city municipalities. Six cities: Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš, Požarevac, Užice and Vranje comprise several city municipalities. Competences of cities and these municipalities are divided. The municipalities of these cities also have their assemblies and other prerogatives. Two largest city municipalities by number of residents are the Novi Sad (307,760) and New Belgrade (212,104).^[7]

Of these six cities, only Novi Sad did not undergo the full transformation, as the newly formed municipality of Petrovaradin exists pretty much only formally;^[8] thus, the City municipality of Novi Sad is largely equated to city of Novi Sad. The city of Kragujevac had its own city municipalities from 2002 until 2008. In 2013, the city municipality of Sevojno within the city of Užice was established.^[9]

Municipalities and cities of Kosovo[edit]

Serbian law still treats Kosovo as an integral part of Serbia (officially the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija), although Kosovo declared independence in 2008. The Law on Territorial Organization defines 28 municipalities and 1 city on the territory of Kosovo.^[1] Kosovo was under official United Nations' administration (UNMIK) from 1999 to 2008. The UNMIK administration changed the territorial organisation on the territory of Kosovo. In 2000 the municipality of Gora was merged with Opolje (part of the Municipality of Prizren) into the new municipality of Dragaš and one new municipality was created: Mališevo. Later, from 2005 to 2008, seven new municipalities were created: Gračanica, Elez Han, Junik, Parteš, Klokot, Ranilug and Mamuša.^[10] However, the Government of Serbia does not recognise the territorial re-organisation of Kosovo, although some of these new-formed municipalities have Serb majority, and some Serbs participate in local elections. In three of those municipalities: Gračanica, Klokot-Vrbovac and Ranilug, Serbian parties won a majority in the 2009 elections.^[11][12]

In the Brussels Agreement, in 2013, Serbia agreed to disband its parallel municipal institutions in Kosovo, while the authorities of Kosovo agreed on creation of the Community of Serb Municipalities. However, both parties acted slowly to put this agreement in power.^[13][14]

List of municipalities[edit]

This is a list of the municipalities in Serbia, as defined by the Law on territorial organisation^[1] It does not include municipalities in Kosovo created by UNMIK after 1999. The data on population is taken from the 2011 census.^[7]

The census was not conducted in Kosovo, which is under administration of UNMIK, so the population numbers are not given for the municipalities in Kosovo.

№[15]	Crest	Municipality	District	Area [km²]	Population[3]
63		Kladovo	Bor District	629	20,635
86		Majdanpek	Bor District	932	18,686
93		Negotin	Bor District	1,089	37,056
29		Veliko Gradište	Braničevo District	344	17,610
41		Golubac	Braničevo District	368	8,331
89		Malo Crniće	Braničevo District	271	11,458
50		Žabari	Braničevo District	264	11,380
105		Petrovac na Mlavi	Braničevo District	655	31,259
77		Kučevo	Braničevo District	721	15,516
51		Žagubica	Braničevo District	760	12,737
21		Bojnik	Jablanica District	264	11,104
80		Lebane	Jablanica District	337	22,000
90		Medveđa	Jablanica District	524	7,438
33		Vlasotince	Jablanica District	308	29,893
145		Crna Trava	Jablanica District	312	1,663
102		Osečina	Kolubara District	319	12,536
143		Ub	Kolubara District	456	29,101
78		Lajkovac	Kolubara District	186	15,475
92		Mionica	Kolubara District	329	14,335
84		Ljig	Kolubara District	279	12,754
20		Bogatić	Mačva District	384	28,883
31		Vladimirci	Mačva District	338	17,462
73		Koceljeva	Mačva District	257	13,129
87		Mali Zvornik	Mačva District	184	12,482
74		Krupanj	Mačva District	342	17,295
85		Ljubovija	Mačva District	356	14,469
43		Gornji Milanovac	Moravica District	836	44,406
83		Lučani	Moravica District	454	20,897
56		Ivanjica	Moravica District	1,090	31,963
3		Aleksinac	Nišava District	707	51,863
123		Svrljig	Nišava District	497	14,249
91		Merošina	Nišava District	193	13,968
117		Ražanj	Nišava District	289	9,150
47		Doljevac	Nišava District	121	18,463
38		Gadžin Han	Nišava District	325	8,389
32		Vladičin Han	Pčinja District	366	20,871
134		Surdulica	Pčinja District	628	20,319
24		Bosilegrad	Pčinja District	571	8,129
138		Trgovište	Pčinja District	370	5,091
26		Bujanovac	Pčinja District	461	18,0672
112		Preševo	Pčinja District	264	3,0802
15		Bela Palanka	Pirot District	951	12,126
8		Babušnica	Pirot District	529	12,307
46		Dimitrovgrad	Pirot District	483	10,118
127		Smederevska Palanka	Podunavlje District	422	50,284
28		Velika Plana	Podunavlje District	345	40,902
142		Ćuprija	Pomoravlje District	287	30,645
104		Paraćin	Pomoravlje District	542	54,242
122		Svilajnac	Pomoravlje District	326	23,551
44		Despotovac	Pomoravlje District	623	23,191
120		Rekovac	Pomoravlje District	366	11,055
27		Varvarin	Rasina District	249	17,966
139		Trstenik	Rasina District	448	42,966
141		Ćićevac	Rasina District	124	9,476
2		Aleksandrovac	Rasina District	387	26,522
25		Brus	Rasina District	606	16,317
35		Vrnjačka Banja	Raška District	239	27,527
119		Raška	Raška District	670	24,678
140		Tutin	Raška District	742	31,155
6		Aranđelovac	Šumadija District	376	46,225
137		Topola	Šumadija District	356	22,329
118		Rača	Šumadija District	216	11,503
10		Batočina	Šumadija District	136	11,760
65		Knić	Šumadija District	413	14,237
79		Lapovo	Šumadija District	55	7,837
19		Blace	Toplica District	306	11,754
76		Kuršumlija	Toplica District	952	19,213
53		Žitorađa	Toplica District	214	16,368
22		Boljevac	Zaječar District	828	12,994
66		Knjaževac	Zaječar District	1,202	31,491
128		Sokobanja	Zaječar District	525	16,021
9		Bajina Bašta	Zlatibor District	673	26,022
69		Kosjerić	Zlatibor District	358	12,090
111		Požega	Zlatibor District	426	29,638
146		Čajetina	Zlatibor District	647	14,745
7		Arilje	Zlatibor District	349	18,792
94		Nova Varoš	Zlatibor District	581	16,638
115		Prijepolje	Zlatibor District	827	37,059
126		Sjenica	Zlatibor District	1,059	26,392
113		Priboj	Zlatibor District	553	27,133
96		Novi Bečej	Central Banat District	609	23,925
95		Nova Crnja	Central Banat District	273	10,272
52		Žitište	Central Banat District	525	16,841
125		Sečanj	Central Banat District	523	13,267
13		Bačka Topola	North Bačka District	596	33,321
88		Mali Iđoš	North Bačka District	175	12,031
60		Kanjiža	North Banat District	399	25,343
124		Senta	North Banat District	293	23,316
1		Ada	North Banat District	229	16,991
147		Čoka	North Banat District	321	11,398
97		Novi Kneževac	North Banat District	305	11,269
130		Srbobran	South Bačka District	284	16,317
11		Bač	South Bačka District	367	14,405
18		Bečej	South Bačka District	487	37,351
34		Vrbas	South Bačka District	376	42,092
12		Bačka Palanka	South Bačka District	579	55,528
14		Bački Petrovac	South Bačka District	158	13,418
49		Žabalj	South Bačka District	400	26,134
136		Titel	South Bačka District	262	15,738
135		Temerin	South Bačka District	170	28,287
17		Beočin	South Bačka District	186	15,726
131		Sremski Karlovci	South Bačka District	51	8,750
109		Plandište	South Banat District	383	11,336
100		Opovo	South Banat District	203	10,440
67		Kovačica	South Banat District	419	25,274
4		Alibunar	South Banat District	602	20,151
16		Bela Crkva	South Banat District	353	17,367
68		Kovin	South Banat District	730	33,722
148		Šid	Srem District	687	34,188
57		Inđija	Srem District	384	47,433
58		Irig	Srem District	230	10,866
121		Ruma	Srem District	582	54,339
132		Stara Pazova	Srem District	351	65,792
107		Pećinci	Srem District	489	19,720
5		Apatin	West Bačka District	333	28,929
103		Odžaci	West Bačka District	411	30,154
75		Kula	West Bačka District	481	43,101
39		Glogovac	Kosovo District	290
70		Kosovo Polje	Kosovo District	89
82		Lipljan	Kosovo District	401
99		Obilić	Kosovo District	105
110		Podujevo	Kosovo District	625
144		Uroševac	Kosovo District	344
149		Štimlje	Kosovo District	134
61		Kačanik	Kosovo District	294
150		Štrpce	Kosovo District	248
71		Kosovska Kamenica	Kosovo-Pomoravlje District	509
98		Novo Brdo	Kosovo-Pomoravlje District	81
40		Gnjilane	Kosovo-Pomoravlje District	510
30		Vitina	Kosovo-Pomoravlje District	289
72		Kosovska Mitrovica	Kosovska Mitrovica District	336
81		Leposavić	Kosovska Mitrovica District	539
129		Srbica	Kosovska Mitrovica District	374
37		Vučitrn	Kosovska Mitrovica District	353
55		Zubin Potok	Kosovska Mitrovica District	328
54		Zvečan	Kosovska Mitrovica District	123
106		Peć	Peć District	603
59		Istok	Peć District	464
64		Klina	Peć District	403
48		Đakovica	Peć District	587
45		Dečani	Peć District	402
101		Orahovac	Prizren District	401
133		Suva Reka	Prizren District	434
114		Prizren	Prizren District	757
42		Gora1	Prizren District	310

1.^ The seat of the municipality is Dragaš

2.^ Incomplete coverage

List of cities and city municipalities[edit]

№[15]	Crest	City	District	Crest	City municipality	Area [Km²]	Population
1		Bor	Bor District	none		856	7004486150000000000♠48,615
2		Valjevo	Kolubara District	none		905	7004903010000000000♠90,301
3		Vranje	Pčinja District		Vranje	860	7004827820000000000♠82,782
					Vranjska Banja
3a		Vršac	South Banat District	none		1,324	7004543690000000000♠54,369
4		Zaječar	Zaječar District	none		1,069	7004585470000000000♠58,547
5		Zrenjanin	Central Banat District	none		1,324	7005123362000000000♠123,362
6		Jagodina	Pomoravlje District	none		470	7004711950000000000♠71,195
6a		Kikinda	North Banat District	none		782	7004593290000000000♠59,329
7		Kragujevac	Šumadija District	none		835	7005179417000000000♠179,417
8		Kraljevo	Raška District	none		1,530	7005125488000000000♠125,488
9		Kruševac	Rasina District	none		854	7005128752000000000♠128,752
10		Leskovac	Jablanica District	none		1,025	7005144206000000000♠144,206
11		Loznica	Mačva District	none		612	7004787880000000000♠78,788
12		Niš	Nišava District		Medijana	16	7004880100000000000♠88,010
					Palilula	117	7004717070000000000♠71,707
					Pantelej	142	7004522900000000000♠52,290
					Crveni Krst	182	7004317620000000000♠31,762
					Niška Banja	145	7004140980000000000♠14,098
13		Novi Pazar	Raška District	none		742	7005100410000000000♠100,410
14		Novi Sad	South Bačka District		Novi Sad	671.8	7005307760000000000♠307,760
					Petrovaradin	27.2	7004338650000000000♠33,865
15		Pančevo	South Banat District	none		759	7005123414000000000♠123,414
15a		Pirot	Pirot District	none		1,232	7004637910000000000♠63,791
16		Požarevac	Braničevo District		Požarevac	482	7004749020000000000♠74,902
					Kostolac
17		Priština	Kosovo District	none		854
18		Prokuplje	Toplica District	none		759	7004444190000000000♠44,419
19		Smederevo	Podunavlje District	none		484	7005107528000000000♠107,528
20		Sombor	West Bačka District	none		1,178	7004878150000000000♠87,815
21		Sremska Mitrovica	Srem District	none		762	7004859020000000000♠85,902
22		Subotica	North Bačka District	none		1,008	7005141554000000000♠141,554
23		Užice	Zlatibor District		Užice	667	7004780180000000000♠78,018
					Sevojno
24		Čačak	Moravica District	none		636	7005115337000000000♠115,337
25		Šabac	Mačva District	none		795	7005115347000000000♠115,347
special status		Belgrade	none		Barajevo	213	7004246410000000000♠24,641
					Čukarica	155	7005179031000000000♠179,031
					Grocka	289	7004833980000000000♠83,398
					Lazarevac	384	7004582240000000000♠58,224
					Mladenovac	339	7004530500000000000♠53,050
					Novi Beograd	41	7005212104000000000♠212,104
					Obrenovac	411	7004714190000000000♠71,419
					Palilula	447	7005170593000000000♠170,593
					Rakovica	29	7005108413000000000♠108,413
					Savski Venac	16	7004386600000000000♠38,660
					Sopot	271	7004201990000000000♠20,199
					Stari Grad	7	7004480610000000000♠48,061
					Surčin	285	7004420120000000000♠42,012
					Voždovac	150	7005157152000000000♠157,152
					Vračar	3	7004554630000000000♠55,463
					Zemun	154	7005166292000000000♠166,292
					Zvezdara	31	7005148014000000000♠148,014

See also[edit]

• Administrative divisions of Serbia


• Districts of Serbia


• 
  Cities and towns in Serbia
  
  • Cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina


• Populated places of Serbia

Notes and references[edit]

Notes

References

• 
  Municipalities of Serbia 2008, Statistical Office of Serbia, issued January 2009, ISSN 1452-4856 (Public Domain, see template:PD-SerbiaGov)

External links[edit]

• Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities of Serbia