Negotin

Negotin Неготин
Town and municipality
Town center of Negotin at night
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Negotin within Serbia
Coordinates: 44°13′45″N 22°31′50″E / 44.22917°N 22.53056°E / 44.22917; 22.53056Coordinates: 44°13′45″N 22°31′50″E / 44.22917°N 22.53056°E / 44.22917; 22.53056
Country	Serbia
Region	Southern and Eastern Serbia
District	Bor
Settlements	39
Government
• Mayor	Vlajko Đorđević
Area
• Municipality	1,089 km2 (420 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Town	16,716
• Municipality	36,879
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	19300
Area code	+381 19
Car plates	NG (BO being phased out as of 2008 (Changed to NG as of early 2012))
Website	www.negotin.rs

Negotin (Serbian Cyrillic: Неготин [nêɡotiːn]) is a town and municipality located in the Bor District of the eastern Serbia. It is situated near the borders between Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. It is the judicial center of the Bor District. The population of the town is 16,716 while municipality has 36,879.

The etymology of the town's name is unclear, and there are three possibilities as to its background:

Negotin is first mentioned in 1530 as a settlement.

The Thracians dominated the region with the Celtic Scordisci advancing after 279 BC. The Roman conquest in the 1st century BC weakened the Paleo-Balkan tribes. The Moesi, a Thracio-Dacian tribe, were defeated by the Roman army under the Marcus Licinius Crassus who was Roman consul in 30 BC. The region was organized into Moesia Inferior in 87 AD by Emperor Domitian.

Hellenistic religious influence is attested through archeological findings in Rovine and Tamnič where Heracles was worshipped: a relief of Zeus, Herakles and Dionysos found in Bukovo.