Gornji Milanovac

Gornji Milanovac ( ) is a toun an municipality locatit in Serbie at 44.012691° North, 20.273572° East. Its name means "Upper Milanovac" (there is a Lower Milanovac, as well) while Milanovac stems from name "Milan" in the Serbian leid.  In 2003 the ceety haed a total population o 24,000.

Afore 1859 the oreeginal name o the ceety wis Despotovac, efter the Despotovica river passin bi the ceety. In 1859 the name wis chynged tae Gornji Milanovac at the request o the Prince o Serbie Miloš Obrenović.

 Geography 
Gornji Milanovac lies atween muntains Rudnik tae the north an Vujan tae the sooth.

The ceety is situatit alang wastren side o European route E763, atween the ceeties Ljig tae the north an Čačak tae the sooth an the veelages Majdan tae the north an Preljina tae the sooth.

Main ceety crossroad branches:
Tae the North, ontae road Gornji Milanovac-Kragujevac (see Kragujevac) that crosses wi E763 an turns East; the nearest veelage on the road is Donja Vrbava.
Tae the East, turns Sooth then East through the ceety, crosses E763 an then goes Sooth through the veelage o Donja Trepca ontae the route 23.
Tae the Sooth, towards E763.
Tae the Wast, quickly turns North an efter five kilometers branches intae road Gornji Milanovac-Cestobrodica (see Cestobrodica) tae the Wast; the nearest veelage on the road is Takovo, whaur Takovo Uprising begun; an intae road Gornji Milanovac-Gornji Banjani (see Gornji Banjani) tae the North; the nearest veelage on the road is Kalimanici.

Sooth o Milanovac, veelages Brdjani tae the Wast an Prislonica tae the East are connectit tae E763 wi local roads.

 Twin touns — sister ceeties 

Gornji Milanovac is twinned wi:

  Mosjøen, Norawa
  Kavadarci, Republic o Macedonie
  Slovenj Gradec, Slovenie
  Edessa, Greece
  Pleven, Bulgarie

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 References 

 Freemit airtinss 

Offeecial site 
GM032.net Internet Portal o the Municipality o Gornji Milanovac 
Tourist Organisation o the Municipality o Gornji Milanovac 
GornjiMilanovac.org internet Portal  
 http://plavosrce.com /razvojna inicijativa oblasti/

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Category:Šumadija
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