Babušnica

Babušnica Бабушница
Municipality and Town
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Babušnica within Serbia
Coordinates: 43°04′N 22°25′E / 43.067°N 22.417°ECoordinates: 43°04′N 22°25′E / 43.067°N 22.417°E
Country	Serbia
District	Pirot
Settlements	53
Government
• Mayor	Slave Kostic
Area[1]
• Municipality	529 km^2 (204 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)[2]
• Town	4,578
• Municipality	12,259
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	18330
Area code	+381 10
Car plates	PI
Website	babusnica.opstinesrbije.com

Babušnica (Serbian Cyrillic: Бабушница) is a town and municipality located in the Pirot District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 4,578, while population of the municipality is 12,259.

Geography

The municipality borders Gadžin Han municipality in the north-west, Bela Palanka municipality in the north, Pirot and Dimitrovgrad municipalities in the east, Bulgaria in the south, and Crna Trava and Vlasotince municipalities in the west.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):

• Serbs = 14,141
• Bulgarians = 1,017
• others.

History

From 1929 to 1941, Babušnica was part of the Morava Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

See also

• Subdivisions of Serbia

References

1. "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
2. "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia: Comparative Overview of the Number of Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011, Data by settlements" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2014. ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Retrieved 2014-06-27.

External links

• Babušnica
• Pirot.Org Web portal and forum of municipality of Pirot