| Official Name: | Savski Venac |
| Native Name Lang: | sr |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Mapsize: | 150px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Serbia |
| Subdivision Type1: | City |
| Subdivision Type2: | Status |
| Subdivision Name2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type3: | Settlements |
| Subdivision Name3: | 1 |
| Coordinates: | 44.6833°N 44°W |
| Government Type: | Municipality of Belgrade |
| Leader Title: | Mun. president |
| Leader Name: | Miloš Vidović (SNS) |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 14.07 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Total: | 36699 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 11000 |
| Area Code: | +381(0)11 |
| Blank Name: | Car plates |
| Blank Info: | BG |
| Website: | www.savskivenac.rs |
Savski Venac (Serbian: Савски Венац, pronounced as /sâːv̞skiː v̞ě̞ːnat͡s/) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2022 census results, the municipality has a population of 36,699 inhabitants.
It is one of the three municipalities which constitute the very center of Belgrade, together with Stari Grad and Vračar.[2]
Savski Venac is located on the right bank of the Sava river. It stretches in the north-south direction for 6km (04miles) (from downtown Belgrade, just 200m (700feet) from Terazije, to Banjica) and east-west direction for 3km (02miles) (from Senjak and the Sava bank to Autokomanda). It borders the municipalities of Stari Grad to the north, Vračar to the north-east, Voždovac to the east, Rakovica to the south and Čukarica to the west.
See also: Zapadni Vračar.
While Savski Venac and Stari Grad are often styled the oldest municipalities of Belgrade due to their inclusion of the oldest sections of urban Belgrade outside the walls of the Kalemegdan fortress, they are actually the most recently created municipalities of Belgrade. Both were formed in 1957 by merger of older, smaller municipalities; Savski Venac was formed in by merger of the municipalities of Zapadni Vračar (its main predecessor) and Topčidersko Brdo and a new, geographical name, Savski Venac, was coined for it.
(Venac is usually used in Belgrade's geography in term of a round street (Obilićev Venac, Kosančićev Venac) or a rim of the river (Dunavski Venac). In this case it was the "rim of the Sava".)
With an area of 14km2, Savski Venac is the third smallest municipality of Belgrade after Vračar and Stari Grad. Despite being small in area, it includes several diverse geographical features:
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According to the census of 2022, Savski Venac has a population of 36,699 inhabitants. As all the other central city municipalities, it has been depopulating for decades, however, it still remains one of the most densely populated: 2445/km2 (4,686/km² or 12,136/sq mi back in 1961).
The ethnic composition of the municipality:[4]
| Ethnic group | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Serbs | 27,881 | |
| Yugoslavs | 466 | |
| Russians | 277 | |
| Montenegrins | 205 | |
| Croats | 152 | |
| Romani | 138 | |
| Macedonians | 110 | |
| Gorani | 62 | |
| Bosniaks | 56 | |
| Slovenians | 50 | |
| Muslims | 34 | |
| Hungarians | 27 | |
| Romanians | 26 | |
| Ukrainians | 21 | |
| Slovaks | 20 | |
| Germans | 17 | |
| Bulgarians | 10 | |
| Others | 7,207 | |
| Total | 36,699 |
Presidents of the municipality (since 1997):
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):[5]
| Activity | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 115 | |
| Mining and quarrying | 21 | |
| Manufacturing | 2,139 | |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 105 | |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 283 | |
| Construction | 2,268 | |
| Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 4,759 | |
| Transportation and storage | 4,099 | |
| Accommodation and food services | 2,204 | |
| Information and communication | 3,801 | |
| Financial and insurance activities | 2,431 | |
| Real estate activities | 262 | |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 4,729 | |
| Administrative and support service activities | 5,919 | |
| Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 43,170 | |
| Education | 4,407 | |
| Human health and social work activities | 19,448 | |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 1,184 | |
| Other service activities | 1,069 | |
| Individual agricultural workers | 8 | |
| Total | 104,424 |
Sportsko Selo ("Sport Village") – In the early 1970s a football pitch was built at the end of the Deligradska street, right above the highway. It was adapted into the Yugoslav People's Army Reserve Officers' Training Ground, but in the early 1990s the location was abandoned. The lot was left unattended and gradually turned into a rubbish dump. In 2009 a project for the ground was jointly drafted by the city and the municipality with the working title "Ada Ciganlija u malom". After two years of construction, the new complex was opened on 30 May 2011. It covers an area of 85are and contains one volleyball, three basketball and four tennis courts, children playgrounds and a fitness plateau. There are also a futsal and bocce courts, outdoor gym, walking paths, rest areas, wooden ice-cream kiosk and a parking lot. The complex is situated in a wooded area and includes an amphitheater suitable for the theatrical performances in the open. Invited to choose the name for the complex between the originally proposed "Ada Ciganlija u malom" and "Sportsko Selo" which appeared during the construction, citizens picked the latter.
Savski Venac constitutes the western section of the downtown Belgrade. Most government offices and administrative buildings are located in the municipality, including:
Urban forests and parks include:[9]