Šarani (Gornji Milanovac)

Šarani
Шарани
Village
Šarani
Coordinates: 44°01′N 20°22′E / 44.017°N 20.367°E / 44.017; 20.367
Country Serbia
DistrictMoravica District
MunicipalityGornji Milanovac
Area
 • Total
27.04 km2 (10.44 sq mi)
Elevation
396 m (1,299 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
241
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Šarani (Serbian Cyrillic: Шарани) is a village in the municipality of Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 241 people.[1]

The name Savinac (Serbian Cyrillic: Савинац) is often identified with the village of Šarani. Savinac is a wider land area on the left bank of the Dičina River.

History

The village was active in the Serbian Revolution, being organized into the knežina (administrative unit) of Brusnica (Takovo) during the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13). Among notable local revolutionaries were Sima Baralija, Dragoljub Matković, Stevan Markelja, Lazar Stankić and Jovan Belaković.[2]

References

  1. ^ Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9
  2. ^ Pavlović, Dragoljub M. (1990). "Учесници српских үстанака од 1804. до 1815. године из Рудничке и Пожешке нахије" [Participants aux insurrections serbes de 1804 et 1815 nés dans les nahies de Rudnik et de Požega] (PDF). Зборник радова Народног музеја у Чачку. XX: 115–131.

44°01′N 20°22′E / 44.017°N 20.367°E / 44.017; 20.367