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Vranje (Serbian: Врање, Vranje; Template:Lang-bg; Turkish: Vranya, [Βαρανεια, Varànya] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 42.57° North, 21.91° East. In 2002 the town had total population of 55,052, while population of municipality was 87,288. It is the administrative center of the Pčinja District of Serbia, encompassing the Vranje's Valley. Central Serbia's two land border crossings with the Republic of Macedonia lie within the district. Its population has been permanently refreshed by the newcomers from its surroundings as well by the refugees who, under the Albanian ethnic pressure, emigrated from Kosovo and Metochia during the last 2 decades. The last wave of emigration was one in 1999, following the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

Name and history

In ancient times, various Thracian tribes inhabited present-day Vranje, the Agrianians inhabiting the whole of Pčinja District. Its name stems from old word for "black" ("vran") in Serbian language and first appears in the Alexiad (9, 4) by Byzantine princess and scholar Anna Comnena (1083 – 1153).

Geography

Municipality of Vranje is located between municipalities of Bujanovac, Trgovište, Bosilegrad, Surdulica, Vladičin Han, Leskovac, and Kosovska Kamenica (which is in Kosovo).

Culture

Vranje is famous for its popular, old music, lively and melancholic at the same time. The best known music is from the theater piece with music “Kostana”, by Bora Stankovic. This original music style has been renewed recently by taking quite different and quite specific, and more oriental form, with rich brass instruments contribution. It is played particularly by the Vranje Roma, who are often referred to as Gypsies (a devaluated term which wrongly implies their Egyptian origin).

Famous or notable citizens

  • Borisav (Bora) Stanković (* March 31 1875, Vranje; † October 22 1927, Belgrade), a Serbian writer.
  • Miroslav-Cera Mihajlović, contemporary poet.
  • Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević, (1866-1946), historian.
  • Djordje Tasić, (1892-1943), one of the most notable Serbian jurists.
  • Justin Popović (1894-1979), theologian and philosopher.
  • Physicians: Dr. Franjo Kopsa (died 1898); Dr. Dragoljub Mihajlović (died 1980).
  • Scientists: Marjan Bosković, (MD), anatomy professor; Dragan Pavlović, (MD); Dragoslav Mitrinović, mathematician.
  • Painters: Jovica Dejanovic, Miodrag Stankovic-Dage, Zoran Petrusijević-Zop, Suzana Stojanović.
  • Musicians: Bakija Bakić (†), Stanisa Stosić (†2008).

Population through history

  • 1900: 10,586
  • 1905: 10,110
  • 1910: 10,487
  • 1921: 8,221
  • 1931: 9,817
  • 1941: 11,000 (estimate)
  • 1948: 10,472
  • 1953: 12,690
  • 1961: 17,261
  • 1971: 27,959
  • 1981: 44,094
  • 1991: 51,122
  • 2002: 55,052
  • 2007: 59,586 (estimate)

Municipality

Municipality of Vranje include following settlements:

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Ethnic groups (2002 census)

Ethnic grooups in the Vranje municipality:

  • Serbs = 81,198
  • Roma = 4,647
  • others

See also

References

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