Kosjerić

Kosjeríć Косјерић
Town and municipality
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Kosjerić within Serbia
Coordinates: 44°00′N 19°55′E / 44.000°N 19.917°E / 44.000; 19.917Coordinates: 44°00′N 19°55′E / 44.000°N 19.917°E / 44.000; 19.917
Country	Serbia
Region	Šumadija and Western Serbia
District	Zlatibor
Settlements	27
Area
• Municipality	358 km2 (138 sq mi)
Elevation	415 m (1,362 ft)
Population (2011 census)
• Town	3,992
• Municipality	12,090
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	31260
Area code	+381(0)31
Car plates	UE
Website	www.kosjeric.rs

Kosjeríć (Serbian Cyrillic: Косјерић; pronounced [kɔsjɛ̌rit͡ɕ]) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of the western Serbia. The municipality has a population of 12,090 inhabitants, but the town itself has 3,992. The municipality's area is 359 square kilometres (139 sq mi), with 26 villages mostly placed in the river valleys, though there are also some settlements in the mountains at altitudes of more than 1,000 metres (3,300 feet).

The town is situated on the road between Požega on one end and Valjevo on the other. The town is near the mountain tourist centres: Divčibare and Zlatibor. It lies at the foothill of Drmanovina and Crnokosa and from south Povlen and Maljen mountains.

The exact date of the town's founding is unclear. Near the town archaeologists have found Roman and Serbian medieval relics, but it is believed that mass immigration occurred before the Serbian Revolution at the beginning of the nineteenth century with people from Montenegro, East Bosnia and the Western Serbian mountains Zlatibor and Tara.

This part of Serbia was under the rule of the Nemanjić dynasty until the Ottoman Empire seized control of the country in 1463. During the next two centuries roads were built and major development began linking the Adriatic Sea to western Serbia and to the east. Wars between Austria-Hungary and the Turks took a toll on the population numbers in Kosjerić.

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