Beljina Explained

Beljina
Native Name:Бељина
Native Name Lang:Cyrl
Settlement Type:Suburban settlement
Pushpin Map:Serbia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Beljina in Serbia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:City
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name1:Belgrade
Subdivision Name2:Barajevo
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:10.11
Coordinates:44.52°N 20.3956°W
Population Total:775
Population As Of:2011
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Area Code:011
Registration Plate:BG
Blank Name Sec1:RZS code
Blank Info Sec1:703516[2]

Beljina (Serbian: Бељина) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Barajevo. Beljina is a small rural settlement with 775 inhabitants as of 2011, located on the northeastern tip of the Kosmaj mountain, 12 km south of the municipal seat of Barajevo.[3] In 1956 the municipality of Beljina was created, comprising villages of Beljina, Arnajevo, Manić and Rožanci, but already in 1957 the municipality was dissolved and annexed to the municipality of Barajevo.

Old section of the village, known as, is placed under the state protection as the spatial cultural-historical unit.[4]

Demographics

In 2011, the settlement contained 270 households with an average of 2.87 members. There were 228 families, with 87% of the population being adults and an average age of 46.2.

Wildlife

By the 21st century, number of migratory European rollers in Serbia was reduced to some 20 nesting couples, where only few were recorded in Central Serbia and none in the central Šumadija region. The species was widespread by the mid-20th century, but was protected by the state in 1993. In order to try to repopulate the species, ornithologists placed bird houses on top of the trees in Beljina in 2015, but the attempt was unsuccessful. In 2017 the bird houses was moved to the village's utility poles, and rollers began nesting again, starting in 2018, in slowly growing numbers each year.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Насеља општине Барајево . stat.gov.rs . Statistical Office of Serbia . 22 October 2019 . Serbian . 14 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151114152323/http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/axd/Registar/SlikeRegioni/Mapiranemape/BG%20i%20VOJ/ReBarajevo.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Register of Territorial Units and GIS. Statistical Office for the Republic of Serbia.
  3. Web site: Population by age and sex, by settlements.. Statistical Office for the Republic of Serbia. 2017-05-20. 2017-10-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20171016174432/http://popis2011.stat.rs/?page_id=2162&lang=en. dead.
  4. News: Branka Vasiljević . U planu da se pod zaštitu stavi osam prostornih celina . Plan for placing eight spatial units under protection . Politika . 15 . sr . 13 September 2021 .
  5. News: Branka Vasiljević . Jedna od najlepših ptica živi u Barajevu . One of the most beautiful birds lives in Barajevo . . 14 . Serbian . 28 May 2020 .