Meljak

For the village in Montenegro, see Meljak, Montenegro.

Meljak (Serbian Cyrillic: Мељак) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Barajevo.

Meljak Мељак
Suburban settlement
Entrance sign to Meljak
Meljak
Coordinates: 44°37′05″N 20°21′47″E
Country	Serbia
Region	Belgrade
Municipality	Barajevo
Area [1]
• Total	6.61 km2 (2.55 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2.208
• Density	0.33/km2 (0.87/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

It is located northeast of the municipal seat of Barajevo. It is a rural settlement and thanks to its location on the Ibarska magistrala (Highway of Ibar), one of the fastest growing in the municipality. It grew from a population of 1,307 (Census 1991) to 1,772 (Census 2002), with an average annual growth of 2.8%.

Meljak was part of the municipality of Umka which was abolished in 1960 and divided between the municipalities of Čukarica and Barajevo (Meljak and Vranić).

Demographics

year	population
1981	1065
1991	1307
2002	1772
2011	2208

^[2]

Meljak's population

References

1. "Насеља општине Барајево" (PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
2. "Мељак (Барајево)". Vikipedija, Slobodna Enciklopedija (in Serbian (Latin script)). 2017-10-15.