Braćevac Explained

Official Name:Braćevac
Other Name:Bulgarian: Бракевци
Native Name:Serbian: Браћевац
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Serbia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Serbia
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Bor District
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Negotin
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:533
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:44.0672°N 22.5056°W

Braćevac (Serbian: Браћевац) is a village in the municipality of Negotin, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 533 people.[1]

History

Brakevtsi (Bulgarian: Бракевци) was located in the district of Vidin between 1878 and 1919. According to the first Bulgarian census of 1880, the village was the only settlement in Bulgaria with a majority of native speakers of Serbian.[2] In fact, most of those recorded in the census as having Serbian as a native language lived in Brakevtsi (1067 out of 1894 people in the whole of Bulgaria).[3] According to the Bulgarian writer Anton Strashimirov, the village was settled by Serbs from the region of Kopaonik at the beginning of the 19th century, after many of the local Bulgarians had emigrated to Bessarabia.[4] By the provisions of the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine Brakevtsi was ceded to Serbia.

Notes and References

  1. Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003.
  2. Final results of the population census of 1 January 1881, Statistics of the Principality of Bulgaria, pp.198 and 286
  3. General results of the population census of 1 January 1881, Statistics of the Principality of Bulgaria, p.11
  4. Anton Strashimirov, 1918, A book about the Bulgarians, About the Shopi