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Vranje (Template:Lang-sr, pronounced [ʋrâɲɛ]) is a city and municipality located in southern Serbia. In 2002 the city had total population of 55,502. It is the administrative center of the Pčinja District of Serbia.

Name and history

In ancient times, various Thracian tribes inhabited present-day Vranje, as well as the Agrianes (a Paeonian tribe) inhabiting the whole of Pčinja District.

The Romans conquered the region in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC.

The Roman fortresses in the Vranje region were abandoned during the Hun attacks in 539-544 AD, these include the localities of Kale at Vranjska Banja and Gradište in Korbevac and Gradište in Prvonek.[1]

Its name stems from the old word for "black" ("vran") in the Serbian language and first appears in the Alexiad (9, 4) by Byzantine princess and scholar Anna Comnena (1083–1153).

The front between the Serbian and Bulgarian forces at the time of the 1915 Battle of Ovche Pole in the Serbian Campaign (World War I) stretched near to Vranje.

Geography

The River of Vranje

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

Culture

Vranje was an important Ottoman trading site. The White bridge is a symbol of the city and is called "most ljubavi" (Lovers bridge) after the tale about the forbidden love between the Muslim girl Ajša and Christian Stojan that resulted in the father killing the couple. After that, he built the bridge where he had killed her and had the story in-scripted in Ottoman Arabic. The 11th century Markova kula fortress is in the north of the city. The city has traditional Balkan architecture as well as Ottoman. The well-known theater play “Koštana” by Bora Stanković is placed in Vranje.

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 “Koštana”, by Bora Stanković. 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 derogatory term which wrongly implies their Egyptian origin).

Institutions

  • National Museum, built in 1765
  • Youth Cultural Centre
  • National Library
  • Centre for Talents

Famous or notable citizens

Beli Most (White Bridge)
  • 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 († 1898); Dr. Dragoljub Mihajlović († 1980).
  • Scientists: Dejan Stojkovic (Ph.D. physics, professor in USA), 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 († 1989), Stanisa Stosić († 2008).
  • Curators: Jelena Veljkovic, Marko Stamenković.
  • Queen: Ms Ivana Stosic
  • Architects: Milan Stamenkovic (Moscow Architectural Institute State Academy), Milorad Veljkovic

Demographics

The Museum of Vranje
Markovo Kale

Population of Vranje has been permanently refreshed by the newcomers from its surroundings as well by the Serb refugees who emigrated from Kosovo and Metohija during the last 2 decades. The last wave of emigration was one in 1999, following the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

Population of the city in history:

  • 1093: 3,900 ( first appears in the Alexiad by Byzantine princess and scholar Anna Comnena)
  • 1386: 5,800 (Vranje was capital of Caesar Ugljesa′s country)
  • 1800: 10,654
  • 1878: 15,875
  • 1900: 27,586
  • 1905: 34,110
  • 1910: 39,487
  • 1921: 43,221
  • 1931: 48,817
  • 1941: 53,000 (estimate)
  • 1948: 32,472
  • 1953: 49,690
  • 1961: 54,261
  • 1971: 65,959
  • 1981: 76,094
  • 1991: 85,122
  • 2002: 94,052
  • 2010: 98,125
  • 2020: 118,000 prediction

Municipality

Municipality of Vranje includes the following settlements:

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Ethnic groups (2002 census)

Ethnic grooups in the Vranje municipality:

  • Serbs = 97,198
  • Roma = 1,678
  • others

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vranje.

References

  1. ^ http://www.rastko.rs/arheologija/delo/13047
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