Požega, Serbia

Settlements

Aside from the town of Požega, the municipality includes the following settlements:

• Bakionica
• Velika Ježevica
• Visibaba
• Vranjani
• Glumač
• Godovik
• Gornja Dobrinja
• Gorobilje
• Gugalj
• Donja Dobrinja
• Dražinovići
• Duškovci
• Zaselje
• Zdravčići
• Jelen Do
• Kalenići
• Lopaš
• Loret
• Ljutice
• Mađer
• Mala Ježevica
• Milićevo Selo
• Mršelji
• Otanj
• Papratište
• Pilatovići
• Prijanovići
• Prilipac
• Radovci
• Rasna
• Rečice
• Roge
• Rupeljevo
• Svračkovo
• Srednja Dobrinja
• Tabanovići
• Tvrdići
• Tometino Polje
• Tučkovo
• Uzići
• Čestobrodica

Demographics

|1948|31014 |1953|31741 |1961|32382 |1971|33804 |1981|34100 |1991|33578 |2002|32293 |2011|29638 |2022|25988}}

According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Požega has a population of 29,638 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

The ethnic composition of the town:

Economy

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2022):

Transportation

Požega is one of the main road and railway transportation centers in Western Serbia. It is located on the crossroads of the most important state roads in Western Serbia – State Road 21 and State Road 23. Also, a section of A2 motorway which is under construction passes through Požega. Also, it is a transportation hub between Kraljevo-Čačak-Užice railway and Belgrade–Bar railway.

Climate

Požega has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb) with warm summers, and cold, snowy winters. With 124 days of fog a year, and only 1594 hours of sunshine, it is amongst the foggiest and least sunny towns in Serbia. |Jan record high C = 20.6 |Feb record high C = 24.4 |Mar record high C = 28.8 |Apr record high C = 32.0 |May record high C = 35.6 |Jun record high C = 37.0 |Jul record high C = 41.0 |Aug record high C = 39.6 |Sep record high C = 37.3 |Oct record high C = 32.5 |Nov record high C = 27.6 |Dec record high C = 23.0 |year record high C = 41.0 |Jan record low C = -30.7 |Feb record low C = -27.5 |Mar record low C = -20.2 |Apr record low C = -9.4 |May record low C = -1.3 |Jun record low C = 2.8 |Jul record low C = 4.1 |Aug record low C = 3.8 |Sep record low C = -2.4 |Oct record low C = -7.5 |Nov record low C = -18.4 |Dec record low C = -27.2 |year record low C = -30.7 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220420200456/https://www.hidmet.gov.rs/ciril/meteorologija/stanica_sr_pozega.php | archive-date = 20 April 2022 | access-date = 20 April 2022}}{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210720081023/http://www.hidmet.gov.rs/eng/meteorologija/stanica_sr.php?moss_id=13370 | archive-date = 20 July 2021 | access-date = March 19, 2018}}

Media

Požega has several media with a local coverage:

• TV Stations: TV Požega
• Radio Stations: Radio Požega

Gallery

File:Spomen cesma Pozega.jpg|The memorial fountain in the town center File:Sa Željkinog prozora - panoramio.jpg|Town center File:30.09.13 Požega 441.710 (10101186856).jpg|The local railway station File:Jelen Do 02.jpg|Jelen Do mining complex

Notable people

• Miloš Obrenović I (1780–1860), first monarch of modern Serbia
• Dragiša Lapčević (1867–1939), politician
• Petar Leković (1893–1942), the first person to be awarded with Order of the People's Hero title
• Milovan Destil Marković (1957), artist
• Srđan Mijailović (1993), football player
• Darko Kovačević (archaeologist), maritime and underwater archaeologist

References

References

1. {{Serbian municipalities 2006
2. (2023). "Starost i pol: podaci po naseljima". Republički zavod za statistiku.
3. "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia". Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.
4. "MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, 2023.". [[Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia]].
5. (13 November 2015). "Požega, grad sa jednim od najneobičnijih trgova u Evropi". serbia.com.