Sevojno

43°51′N 19°54′E

Sevojno Севојно
Town and city municipality
Sevojno
Coordinates: 43°51′N 19°54′E
Country	Serbia
District	Zlatibor
City	Užice
Municipality status	2013
Government
• Mayor	Mirjana Đurić (SNS)
Area [1]
• Total	19.59 km2 (7.56 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	7,101
• Density	360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CET)
Postal code	31205
Area code	+381(0)31
Car plates	UE
Website	www.sevojno.org.rs

Sevojno (Serbian Cyrillic: Севојно) is a town in western Serbia, a suburb of Užice. Administratively, it is one of two city municipalities which constitute the City of Užice. As of 2011, the town has 7,101 inhabitants.^[2]

History

City municipality

In February 2012, on a non-binding referendum, the citizens of Sevojno voted for the creation of a separate city municipality within the City of Užice. However, residents of the nearby villages of Zlakusa, Gorjani and Krvavci did not support the initiative.^[3] Assembly of the City eventually supported formation of the municipality.

In 2013, the city municipality of Sevojno was established.^[4] As of October 2013^[update] the budget negotiations are under way.^[5]

Economy

Sevojno is an industrial center of Užice, with aluminum mill Impol Seval,^[6] copper mill Valjaonica bakra Sevojno,^[7] construction company MPP Jedinstvo and metal recycling facility "Inos-Sinma".^[8]

Sports

Sevojno was the home to the former football club FK Sevojno. In 2010, it merged with FK Sloboda Užice.

References

1. "Насеља општине Севојно" (pdf). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
2. "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia: Comparative Overview of the Number of Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011, Data by settlements" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2014. p. 178. ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
3. "Izostala podrška meštana Zlakuse, Gorjana i Krvavaca" (in Serbian). Danas. 20 February 2012.
4. "ОДЛУКА О ИЗМЕНАМА И ДОПУНАМА СТАТУТА ГРАДА УЖИЦА" (PDF). graduzice.org (in Serbian). Службени лист града Ужица. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
5. "Ekonomske dileme i decentralizacija u praksi" (in Serbian). Danas. 24 February 2013.
6. History, IMPOL SEVAL Aluminium Mill a.d., Sevojno, archived from the original on 2013-07-06
7. Company Profile, Valjaonica bakra Sevojno AD, archived from the original on 2013-07-31
8. History, Inos-Sinma a.d. Sevojno, archived from the original on 2015-06-11

External links

• Official website