Crna Trava

Crna Trava Црна Трава
Municipality and Town
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Location of the municipality of Crna Trava within Serbia
Country	Serbia
District	Jablanica
Settlements	25
Government
• Mayor	Slavoljub Blagojević (PSS)
Area
• Municipality	312 km2 (120 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Town	452
• Municipality	1,661
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	16215
Area code	+381 16
Car plates	LE

Crna Trava (Serbian Cyrillic: Црна Трава, Serbian pronunciation: [t͡sr̩̂ːnaː trǎːʋa]) is a village and municipality located in the Jablanica District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the village is 452 inhabitants, while population of the municipality is 1,661. This is the poorest municipality in the country.

Name

The name of the village in Serbian translates to Black Grass. The origin of the name dates back to 1389, when Battle of Kosovo took place. A Serbian army unit, composed of Serbian archers and cavaliers, decided to take a rest on a grass field while travelling to the battlefield. Since the flowers and other herbs covering the field were highly poisonous, the soldiers became intoxicated, thereby they did not wake up on time for the battle. Realizing that fact, they cursed the grass that poisoned them, branding it "black" grass.

Demographics

• Natural Population Growth Rate: -2.82% per year

Crna Trava, along with the rest of Vlasina region, suffers from heavy depopulation, chiefly for economic reasons. It can be seen from the census data from 1953 to 2002:

• 1953 - 13,748
• 1961 - 12,513
• 1971 - 9,672
• 1981 - 6,366
• 1991 - 3,778
• 2002 - 2,563
• 2011 - 1,661

Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):

• Serbs = 2,529
• Bulgarians = 8
• Yugoslavs = 3
• Russians = 2
• Albanians = 1
• Croats = 1
• undeclared = 5
• regional affiliation = 1
• unknown = 13

See also

• Subdivisions of Serbia