Gornji Milanovac
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Gornji Milanovac Горњи Милановац Despotovac |
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Gornji Milanovac at night
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| Motto: "Време и моје право (Time and my right)" | |||
 Location of the municipality of Gornji Milanovac within Serbia |
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| Coordinates: 44°01′27″N 20°27′36″E / 44.02417°N 20.46000°ECoordinates: 44°01′27″N 20°27′36″E / 44.02417°N 20.46000°E | |||
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 Serbia
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| Region | Šumadija and Western Serbia | ||
| District | Moravica | ||
| Founded | 1853 | ||
| Settlements | 63 | ||
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| • Mayor | Dejan Kovačević (SNS) | ||
| Area | |||
| Area rank | 21st | ||
| • Municipality | 836 km2 (323 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2011 census) | |||
| • Rank | 37th | ||
| • Town | 24,216 | ||
| • Municipality | 44,406 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 32300 32301 |
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| Area code | +381(0)32 | ||
| Car plates | GM | ||
| Website | www |
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Gornji Milanovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Гoрњи Милановац, pronounced [ɡôːrɲiː mǐlanoʋats]) is a town and municipality located in the Moravica District of the western Serbia. The population of the town is 24,216, while the population of the municipality is 44,406.
The city was founded in 1853. Before 1859 the original name of the city was Despotovac, after the Despotovica river passing by the town. In 1859 the name was changed to Gornji Milanovac at the request of the Prince of Serbia Miloš Obrenović. Its name means Upper Milanovac (there is a Lower Milanovac as well, while Milanovac stems from the name Milan in Serbian).
Initially the settlement that was to become Gornji Milanovac (before 1853) was situated in the area of today's village Brusnica. There was some discussion about the suitability of the site for a settlement. The new municipality was to be called Despotovac after the river Despotovica which passes through this municipality (the river name originates from the Serbian despot, Đurađ Branković). On the 22nd of April 1852 Despotovac (later Gornji Milanovac) was then relocated to a place called Divlje Polje. This decision was taken by Mladen Žujović, Trivun Novaković, Stevan Knićanin and Gaja Riznić. Notable buildings and roads (for example: "Zgrada starog suda – Old Court building") are the work of German engineer Indižir Schultz from Pančevo. Today's name Gornji Milanovac was formalized by the warrant of Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia, in 1859, after his brother Milan Obrenović.
The location of Gornji Milanovac confirms that this area was settled in the prehistory and we can find settlements of Illyrians, Thracians, Dacians, small groups of Celts and Goths and bigger settlements of the Romans. On the mountain Rudnik, besides older miners grove there are remains of a Roman temple dedicated to the Terra Mater ("Mother Earth"). There is little information about Slavs and their settlements.
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