Gornji Milanovac

Gornji Milanovac
Gornji Milanovac; Горњи Милановац
	— Municipality and Town —
	Gornji Milanovac at night
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Location of the municipality of Gornji Milanovac within Serbia
	Coordinates: 44°01.2691′N 20°27.3572′E / 44.0211517°N 20.4559533°E
Country	Serbia
District	Moravica
Settlements	63
	Government
• Mayor	Milisav Mirković
	Area
• Municipality	836 km2 (322.8 sq mi)
	Population (2011 census)
• Town	24,048
• Municipality	44,438
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	32300; 32301
Area code	+381 32
Car plates	GM
Website	www.gornjimilanovac.rs

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Gornji Milanovac (Serbian: Гoрњи Милановац [ɡôːrɲiː mǐlanoʋats] ( listen)) is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 44.012691° North, 20.273572° East. Its name means "Upper Milanovac" (there is a Lower Milanovac, as well) while Milanovac stems from name "Milan" in the Serbian language. The population of town is 24,048.

The city was founded in 1853. Before 1859 the original name of the city was Despotovac, after the Despotovica river passing by the city. In 1859 the name was changed to Gornji Milanovac at the request of the Prince of Serbia Miloš Obrenović.

[edit] Geography

Gornji Milanovac lies between mountains Rudnik to the north and Vujan to the south.

The city is situated along western side of European route E763, between the cities Ljig to the north and Čačak to the south and the villages Majdan to the north and Preljina to the south.

Main city crossroad branches:

To the North, onto road Gornji Milanovac-Kragujevac (see Kragujevac) that crosses with E763 and turns East; the nearest village on the road is Donja Vrbava.
To the East, turns South then East through the city, crosses E763 and then goes South through the village of Donja Trepča onto the route 23.
To the South, towards E763.
To the West, quickly turns North and after five kilometers branches into road Gornji Milanovac-Čestobrodica (see Čestobrodica) to the West; the nearest village on the road is Takovo, where Takovo Uprising begun; and into road Gornji Milanovac-Gornji Banjani (see Gornji Banjani) to the North; the nearest village on the road is Kalimanići.