This is the list of cities and towns in Serbia, according to the criteria used by Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, which classifies the settlements into urban and rural, depending not only on size, but also on other administrative and legal criteria.[1] Also villages with the municipal rights have been added to the list.

Organization

Cities

Cities in administrative sense are defined by the Law on Territorial Organization. The territory with the city status usually has more than 100,000 inhabitants,[2] but is otherwise very similar to municipality. They enjoy a special status of autonomy and self-government, as they have their own civic parliaments and executive branches, as well as mayor (Serbian: gradonačelnik, plural: gradonačelnici) is elected through popular vote, elected by their citizens in local elections. Also, the presidents of the municipalities are often referred to as "mayors" in everyday usage. There are 29 cities (gradovi, singular: grad), each having an assembly and budget of its own.

As with a municipality, the territory of a city is composed of a city proper and surrounding villages (e.g. the territory of the City of Subotica is composed of the Subotica town and surrounding villages). The capital Belgrade is the only city on the level of a district.[3] All other cities are on the municipality level and are part of a district.[4]

City municipalities

The city may or may not be divided into city municipalities. Five cities (Belgrade, Niš, Požarevac, Vranje and Užice) comprise several city municipalities. Competences of cities and city municipalities are divided. The city municipalities of these six cities also have their assemblies and other prerogatives. The largest city municipality by number of residents is New Belgrade (214,506 inhabitants).[5]

The city of Kragujevac had its own city municipalities from 2002 until 2008, when they were abolished. Novi Sad used to be formally divided into city municipalities of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin,[6] but in March 2019 a new city statute was adopted, abolishing any separate municipalities.[7] In 2013, the city municipality of Sevojno within the city of Užice was established.[8]

List of the cities

The following cities have official administrative city rights:

List of cities and municipalities

This is a list of cities and municipalities (excluding city municipalities) in Serbia, as defined by the Law on territorial organisation[4] The data on population is taken from the 2011 census.[5]

It does not include municipalities in Kosovo created by the UNMIK after 1999. The census was not conducted in Kosovo, which was under administration of UNMIK, so the population numbers are not given for the municipalities in Kosovo.

According to the statistic criteria, the settlements in the table are classified as "urban" (i.e. cities and towns), as opposed to "rural" (villages). These criteria are not limited to the settlement size, but also include the percentage of residents engaged in agriculture, population density etc. Thus, not all towns in statistical sense are greater than villages, and they are not always municipality centers. Note that the population of the city municipalities of some cities were not presented as unique, but united in the city population.

Cities and municipalities
Belgrade
Novi Sad
Niš
Kragujevac
Subotica
Zrenjanin
Pančevo
Čačak
Kruševac
Kraljevo
Novi Pazar
Smederevo
Užice
Valjevo
Vranje
Šabac
Sombor
Požarevac
Pirot
Zaječar
Bor
Kikinda
Sremska Mitrovica
Jagodina
Vršac
  ¤ District administrative center

Bold: Cities in administrative sense

City / townDistrictArea [km²]AdministrativeArea [km²]Urban
2022 census2011 census2011 census[1]2022 census[1]
Belgrade ¤Belgrade3,2251,681,4051,659,4401,0351,233,7961,383,875
Novi Sad ¤South Bačka699368,967341,625129277,522306,702
Niš ¤Nišava582249,501260,237266187,544182,797
Kragujevac ¤Šumadija835171,186179,417835150,835146,315
Subotica ¤North Bačka1,008123,952141,5541,008105,68194,228
Leskovac ¤Jablanica1,025123,950144,2061,02560,24658,338
Pančevo ¤South Banat756115,454123,41475676,20386,408
Kruševac ¤Rasina854113,582128,75285473,31668,119
Kraljevo ¤Raška1,530110,196125,4481,53064,17561,490
Novi PazarRaška742106,720100,41074266,52771,462
Zrenjanin ¤Central Banat1,324105,722123,3621,32476,51167,129
Čačak ¤Moravica636105,612115,33763673,33169,598
Šabac ¤Mačva795105,432115,88479553,91951,163
Smederevo ¤Podunavlje48497,930108,20948464,17559,261
Valjevo ¤Kolubara90582,16990,31290559,07356,145
Vranje ¤Pčinja86074,38183,52486055,13855,214
Sremska Mitrovica ¤Srem76272,58079,94076237,75140,144
LoznicaMačva61272,06279,32761219,57223,988
Sombor ¤West Bačka1,17870,81885,9031,17847,62341,814
Užice ¤Zlatibor66769,99778,04066759,74754,965
Požarevac ¤Braničevo48268,64875,33448244,18351,271
Jagodina ¤Pomoravlje47064,64471,82547037,28234,892
Stara PazovaSrem35162,31865,79235118,60218,522
Pirot ¤Pirot1,23249,60157,9281,23238,78534,942
Kikinda ¤North Banat78249,32659,45378238,06532,084
RumaSrem58248,62154,33958230,07627,747
Bačka PalankaSouth Bačka57948,26555,52857928,23925,476
Zaječar ¤Zaječar1,06947,99159,4611,06938,16532,448
ParaćinPomoravlje54245,54354,24254225,10422,349
VršacSouth Banat1,32445,46252,0261,32436,04031,946
InđijaSrem38443,44347,43338426,02524,450
AleksinacNišava70743,09851,86370717,97815,607
Smederevska PalankaPodunavlje42242,19250,28442223,60120,345
AranđelovacŠumadija37641,29746,22537624,79722,881
BujanovacPčinja46141,06843,30246114,61311,468
Bor ¤Bor85640,84548,61585634,16028,822
Gornji MilanovacMoravica83638,98544,40683624,21623,109
Prokuplje ¤Toplica75938,05444,41975927,33324,627
VrbasSouth Bačka37636,60142,09237624,11220,892
TrstenikRasina44835,87542,96644815,28213,476
KulaWest Bačka48135,59243,10148117,86622,105
Velika PlanaPodunavlje34535,45140,90234516,08814,609
Preševo[n 1]Pčinja26433,44934,90426413,42613,054
TutinRaška74233,05331,15574210,09411,169
PrijepoljeZlatibor82732,21437,05982714,53511,928
BečejSouth Bačka48730,68137,35148723,89519,492
NegotinBor1,08928,26137,0561,08916,88214,647
KovinSouth Banat73028,14133,72273013,51511,623
ŠidSrem68727,89434,18868714,89312,618
IvanjicaMoravica1,09027,75131,9631,09011,71511,240
Bačka TopolaNorth Bačka57926,22833,32157914,57311,930
PožegaZlatibor42625,98829,63842613,15312,362
Petrovac na MlaviBraničevo65525,90031,2596557,4476,958
TemerinSouth Bačka17025,78028,28717019,66123,075
UbKolubara45625,78029,1014566,1916,684
VlasotinceJablanica30825,69529,89330815,88214,924
KnjaževacZaječar1,20225,34131,4911,20218,40416,350
ĆuprijaPomoravlje28725,32530,64528719,47116,522
Vrnjačka BanjaRaška23925,06527,52723910,0659,252
OdžaciWest Bačka41124,92630,1544118,8117,556
BogatićMačva38424,52228,287384-
-
SjenicaZlatibor1,05924,08326,3921,05914,06012,989
ŽabaljSouth Bačka40023,85326,1344009,1618,449
Bajina BaštaZlatibor67323,53326,0226739,1488,971
PribojZlatibor53323,51427,13353314,92013,172
ApatinWest Bačka33323,15528,92933317,41114,613
AleksandrovacRasina38722,06926,5223876,2285,586
RaškaRaška67021,49824,6786709,1088,477
KovačicaSouth Banat41921,17825,2744196,2595,398
KanjižaNorth Banat39920,14125,3433999,8718,067
SvilajnacPomoravlje32620,14123,5513269,1988,593
Novi BečejCentral Banat60919,88623,92560913,13310,967
TopolaŠumadija35619,13422,3293564,9734,588
PećinciSrem48918,40119,720489-
-
DespotovacPomoravlje62318,27823,1916236,2325,163
LebaneJablanica33718,11922,0003379,2728,025
SentaNorth Banat29317,95323,31629318,70414,452
Vladičin HanPčinja36617,53220,8713668,0307,343
KladovoBor62917,43520,6356299,7298,817
AlibunarSouth Banat60217,13920,1536028,0897,122
AriljeZlatibor34917,06318,7923496,7636,639
SurdulicaPčinja62816,99120,31962811,4009,636
LučaniMoravica45416,93320,8974545,1424,412
DoljevacNišava12115,83718,463121-
-
KuršumlijaToplica95215,82319,21395213,30611,822
Veliko GradišteBraničevo34415,45517,6103445,8255,518
ČajetinaZlatibor64714,58514,7456472,8213,702
MajdanpekBor93214,55918,68693210,1098,310
Bela CrkvaSouth Banat35314,45117,3673539,0807,456
VladimirciMačva33814,42717,462338-
-
KrupanjMačva34214,39917,2953424,4294,134
SrbobranSouth Bačka28414,35716,31728412,00910,496
VarvarinRasina24914,21717,966249-
-
TitelSouth Bačka26213,98415,7382625,2944,522
BeočinSouth Bačka18613,87515,7261867,8397,274
LajkovacKolubara18613,82515,4751863,2493,211
ŽitorađaToplica21413,78216,3682143,370
-
BrusRasina60613,59416,3176064,6364,183
Nova VarošZlatibor58113,50716,6385818,7957,542
ŽitišteCentral Banat52513,41216,8415252,9032,550
AdaNorth Banat22913,29316,99122915,57312,281
SokobanjaZaječar52513,19916,0215257,9827,188
LjubovijaMačva35612,16814,469356-
-
MionicaKolubara32912,06114,3353291,6201,590
MerošinaNišava19311,87313,968193-
-
KučevoBraničevo72111,80615,5167213,9443,313
KnićŠumadija41311,72914,237413-
-
Bački PetrovacSouth Bačka15811,51213,4181586,1555,227
BačSouth Bačka36711,43114,4053675,3994,405
Mali ZvornikMačva18411,21912,4821844,4074,297
KoceljevaMačva25711,14813,129257-
-
SvrljigNišava49710,78114,2494977,5536,762
LjigKolubara27910,71112,7542793,4253,090
SečanjCentral Banat52310,54413,2675232,3731,889
BoljevacZaječar82810,18412,9948284,4843,802
KosjerićZlatibor35810,17512,0903583,9923,723
BatočinaŠumadija13610,16211,760136-
-
Mali IđošNorth Bačka1759,98312,031175-
-
OsečinaKolubara3199,95112,536319-
-
Bela PalankaPirot9519,94712,1269518,1437,140
ŽagubicaBraničevo7609,71212,733760-
-
BlaceToplica3069,68211,7543065,2534,865
RačaŠumadija2169,63811,5032162,6032,362
OpovoSouth Banat2039,46210,4402034,5274,147
BojnikJablanica2649,31511,104264-
-
IrigSrem2309,29010,8662304,4153,901
ŽabariBraničevo2649,26111,380264-
-
BabušnicaPirot5299,10912,3075294,6014,254
Malo CrnićeBraničevo2718,98611,458271-
-
PlandišteSouth Banat3838,95711,336383-
-
Novi KneževacNorth Banat3058,62711,2693056,9605,688
ČokaNorth Banat3218,55611,3983214,0283,119
Nova CrnjaCentral Banat2738,14710,272273-
-
RekovacPomoravlje3668,11611,055366-
-
DimitrovgradPirot4838,04310,1184836,2785,188
Sremski KarlovciSouth Bačka517,8728,750518,7507,872
ĆićevacRasina1247,8609,4761244,6673,902
RažanjNišava2897,0109,150289-
-
GolubacBraničevo3686,5998,3313681,653
-
LapovoŠumadija556,5827,837557,1436,057
MedveđaJablanica5246,3607,4385243,2362,993
BosilegradPčinja5716,0658,1295712,6242,348
Gadžin HanNišava3255,8508,389325-
-
TrgovištePčinja3704,3165,091370-
-
Crna TravaJablanica3121,0631,663312-
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Cities and municipalities in Kosovo

See also

Notes and references

Notes

^ The city of Belgrade consists of 17 city municipalities.
^ The city of Novi Sad consists of two city municipalities: Novi Sad and Petrovaradin.
^ The city of Niš consists of five city municipalities: Medijana, Palilula, Pantelej, Crveni Krst and Niška Banja.
^ The city of Vranje consists of two city municipalities: City municipality of Vranje and Vranjska Banja.
^ The city of Užice consists of two city municipalities: City municipality of Užice and Sevojno
^ The city of Požarevac consists of two city municipalities: City municipality of Požarevac and Kostolac.
  1. ↑ These are 2002 census results. At the beginning of September 2011, the Assembly of Albanian Deputies from Preševo, Bujanovac and Medveđa invited the Albanians to boycott the Census, which affected the coverage in the municipalities of Preševo and Bujanovac, and partly in the municipality Medveđa.

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