Veliko Selo (Palilula)

Велико Село Veliko Selo
Country:	Serbia
Subdivision:	City of Belgrade, Palilula municipality
Location:	?
Population: 2002	1,676
Area code:	+381(0)11
Postal code:	none (11215 is the closest)
License plates:	BG

Veliko Selo (Serbian Cyrillic: Велико Село) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.

Location

Veliko Selo is located in the southern, Šumadija section of the municipality, 12 kilometers east of downtown Belgrade. As the easternmost settlement in the municipality of Palilula it is the ending point of the Slanački put (Slanci road) which connects it with Belgrade. The settlement is build on the southern slopes of the hill of Milićevo brdo (279 m), in the micro-valley of the short creek of Vrelski potok. In Serbian, its name means big village.

Population

Veliko Selo is depopulating: 1,767 inhabitants by the 1991 Census and 1,676 by the 2002 Census. Ethnic structure (2002 Census): Serbs 96,66%, Romani 0,77%.

History

At the end of 18th century, forces consisting of 15,000 Serbs commanded by Stanko Arambašić from Veliko Selo were the nucleus of Serb forces that defended Belgrade against Janissary forces at the end of November 1797.^[1]

Economy

The settlement is officially classified as a rural (village) as the economy is entirely agricultural. East and north of the settlement extensive fields and greenhouses produce fruits and especially vegetables for the population of Belgrade. Agricultural lands are very often flooded by the Danube (about 2 kilometers away from Veliko Selo) as there is no defense from the floods on this section of the river's right bank. This area is called Velikoselski Rit (the Veliko Selo marsh) and by the general urbanistic plan for the development of Belgrade by the year 2021, it is projected as the future new city port, but so far nothing has been done in this direction.

References

1. Filipović, Stanoje R. (1982). Podrinsko-kolubarski region. RNIRO "Glas Podrinja". p. 60. На чело српског одреда, у који се пријавило 15.000 Срба, био је постављен Станко Арамбашић из Великог Села. То је био зачетак српске народне војске која је иступила у одбрану Београдског пашалука од јаничара крајем

Coordinates: 44°48′39″N 20°36′5″E / 44.81083°N 20.60139°E