Sopot, Belgrade

Sopot Сопот
Municipality and Town
Panoramic view on Sopot
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Sopot within Serbia
Coordinates: 44°31′N 20°35′E / 44.517°N 20.583°ECoordinates: 44°31′N 20°35′E / 44.517°N 20.583°E
Country	Serbia
District	Belgrade
Settlements	17
Government
• Mayor	Živorad Milosavljević (Group of citizens)
Area[1]
• Municipality	271 km^2 (105 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)[2]
• Town	1,887
• Municipality	20,199
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	11450
Area code	+381 11
Car plates	BG
Website	www.sopot.org.rs

Sopot (Serbian Cyrillic: Сопот, pronounced [sɔ̂pɔːt]) is a town and municipality in Serbia. It is part of the wider region of Belgrade, located south of Belgrade at 44°31′N 20°35′E / 44.517°N 20.583°E, 177.38 m above sea level. Its name is the old Slavic word for spring (source) which is today replaced in Serbian by the word 'извор'.

Sopot is near the mountain Kosmaj. The town has a large primary and economics high school, one of the largest in the Balkans. Sopot has a soccer team called the Wolves from Kosmaj. The town has a basketball club, also called the Wolves from Kosmaj, with about 90 kids. The basketball club has had success at a few tournaments in Europe.

See also

• Subdivisions of Belgrade
• List of Belgrade neighborhoods and suburbs

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

• www.sopot.org.rs (in Serbian) official web site of city Sopot
• www.ffs.rs (in Serbian) International movie festival Sopot, from 1972.
• www.kosmaj.info (in Serbian) unofficial web site of city Sopot