Topola
Topola
Топола (Serbian) | |
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Town and municipality | |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Postal code | 34310 |
Area code | +381(0)34 |
Car plates | TO |
Website | www |
Topola (
The name Topola means poplar. Topola is famous for its yearly Oplenac vintage festival, attended by several thousand visitors each year.
Settlements
Aside from the town of Topola (5,422), the municipality includes the following settlements, according to 2002 census (population in brackets):
- Belosavci (1017)
- Blaznava (591)
- Božurnja (672)
- Donja Šatornja (800)
- Donja Trešnjevica (304)
- Donja Trnava (921)
- Gornja Šatornja (558)
- Gornja Trnava (1736)
- Gorovič (319)
- Guriševci (153)
- Jarmenovci (563)
- Jelenac (375)
- Junkovac (945)
- Kloka (1146)
- Krćevac (775)
- Lipovac (558)
- Manojlovci (144)
- Maskar (236)
- Natalinci (834)
- Ovsište (630)
- Pavlovac (70)
- Plaskovac (559)
- Rajkovac (189)
- Šume (595)
- Svetlić (417)
- Topola(village) (1363)
- Vinča (1176)
- Vojkovci (278)
- Žabare (1016)
- Zagorica (765)
History
The region was heavily settled after the
The town was established in 1781, by Vožd
In 1814, just when the city was finished, the Ottomans tackle the Uprising and Topola was seriously damaged, only ruins were left. Aleksandar Karađorđević, the son of Karageorge, renewed the city and settled people in a higher degree, streets were built with nicer buildings and shops. With the comeback of the House of Obrenović in 1858, Topola saw further development.
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1948 | 31,918 | — |
1953 | 32,561 | +0.40% |
1961 | 31,860 | −0.27% |
1971 | 30,322 | −0.49% |
1981 | 29,418 | −0.30% |
1991 | 27,579 | −0.64% |
2002 | 25,292 | −0.78% |
2011 | 22,329 | −1.37% |
Source: [3] |
Economy
Topola is an agricultural area and farmers are producing
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):[4]
Activity | Total |
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Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 84 |
Mining and quarrying | 35 |
Manufacturing | 809 |
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 51 |
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 98 |
Construction | 94 |
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 664 |
Transportation and storage | 174 |
Accommodation and food services | 163 |
Information and communication | 31 |
Financial and insurance activities | 47 |
Real estate activities | 2 |
Professional, scientific and technical activities | 93 |
Administrative and support service activities | 44 |
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 223 |
Education | 339 |
Human health and social work activities | 142 |
Arts, entertainment and recreation | 53 |
Other service activities | 89 |
Individual agricultural workers | 1,611 |
Total | 4,849 |
Tourism
Topola has the preconditions necessary for development of a tourism industry. Historical and cultural monuments (
Visitor attractions
- Oplenac, church and mausoleum of the Karađorđević (22 members), built 1910-2
- Nikolje Monastery, built in 1425 by Nikola Dorjenovic
- Karageorge's town, restored quarters of the 1810s revolutionary town
- Karageorge's church (church of Our Blessed Lady)
- Peter's house, King Peter's estate
- King's villa, Karađorđević estate
- Queen's villa, Karađorđević estate
- Winegrower's house, former royal wine cellar, now gallery
- Oplenac Wine region
- Kamenica Hunting ground, hunting region
- Oplenac Vintage (Oplenacka berba) annual folk festival second weekend of October
Gallery
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The historic Post office building
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The Oplenac Royal Mausoleum
References
- ^ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
- ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
- ^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, 2019" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.