List of cities in Serbia

This is the list of cities and towns in Serbia, according to the criteria used by Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, which classifies the settlements into urban and rural, depending not only on size, but also on other administrative and legal criteria.^[1] Also villages with the municipal rights have been added to the list.

Organization[]

Cities

Cities in administrative sense are defined by the Law on Territorial Organization. The territory with the city status usually has more than 100,000 inhabitants,^[2] but is otherwise very similar to municipality. They enjoy a special status of autonomy and self-government, as they have their own civic parliaments and executive branches, as well as mayor (Serbian: gradonačelnik, plural: gradonačelnici) is elected through popular vote, elected by their citizens in local elections. Also, the presidents of the municipalities are often referred to as "mayors" in everyday usage. There are 29 cities (gradovi, singular: grad), each having an assembly and budget of its own.

As with a municipality, the territory of a city is composed of a city proper and surrounding villages (e.g. the territory of the City of Subotica is composed of the Subotica town and surrounding villages). The capital Belgrade is the only city on the level of a district.^[3] All other cities are on the municipality level and are part of a district.^[4]

City municipalities

The city may or may not be divided into city municipalities. Six cities (Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš, Požarevac, Vranje and Užice) comprise several city municipalities. Competences of cities and city municipalities are divided. The city municipalities of these six cities also have their assemblies and other prerogatives. The two largest city municipalities by number of residents are Novi Sad (307,760 inhabitants) and New Belgrade (212,104 inhabitants).^[5]

Of these six cities, only Novi Sad did not undergo the full transformation, as the newly formed municipality of Petrovaradin exists pretty much only formally;^[6] thus, the City municipality of Novi Sad is largely equated to city of Novi Sad. The city of Kragujevac had its own city municipalities from 2002 until 2008. In 2013, the city municipality of Sevojno within the city of Užice was established.^[7]

List of the cities

The following cities have official administrative city rights:

List of cities and municipalities[]

This is a list of cities and municipalities (excluding city municipalities) in Serbia, as defined by the Law on territorial organisation^[4] The data on population is taken from the 2011 census.^[5]

It does not include municipalities in Kosovo^[a] created by the UNMIK after 1999. The census was not conducted in Kosovo, which was under administration of UNMIK, so the population numbers are not given for the municipalities in Kosovo.

According to the statistic criteria, the settlements in the table are classified as "urban" (i.e. cities and towns), as opposed to "rural" (villages). These criteria are not limited to the settlement size, but also include the percentage of residents engaged in agriculture, population density etc. Thus, not all towns in statistical sense are greater than villages, and they are not always municipality centers. Note that the population of the city municipalities of some cities were not presented as unique, but united in the city population.

Cities and municipalities

Belgrade

Novi Sad

Niš

Kragujevac

Subotica

Leskovac

Zrenjanin

Pančevo

Čačak

Kruševac

Kraljevo

Novi Pazar

Smederevo

Užice

Valjevo

Vranje

Šabac

Sombor

Požarevac

Pirot

Zaječar

Bor

Kikinda

Sremska Mitrovica

Jagodina

Vršac

Bold: Cities in administrative sense

City / town	District	Area [km²]	Administrative		Area [km²]	Urban
			2011 census	Rank		2011 census[1]	Rank
Belgrade[2] ¤	Belgrade	3,225	1,659,440	1	1,035	1,233,796	1
Novi Sad[3] ¤	South Bačka	699	341,625	2	129	277,522	2
Niš[4] ¤	Nišava	582	260,237	3	266	187,544	3
Kragujevac ¤	Šumadija	835	179,417	4	835	150,835	4
Leskovac ¤	Jablanica	1,025	144,206	5	1,025	60,246	12
Subotica ¤	North Bačka	1,008	141,554	6	1,008	105,681	5
Kruševac ¤	Rasina	854	128,752	7	854	73,316	9
Kraljevo ¤	Raška	1,530	125,448	8	1,530	64,175	10
Pančevo ¤	South Banat	756	123,414	9	756	76,203	7
Zrenjanin ¤	Central Banat	1,324	123,362	10	1,324	76,511	6
Šabac ¤	Mačva	795	115,884	11	795	53,919	16
Čačak ¤	Moravica	636	115,337	12	636	73,331	8
Smederevo ¤	Podunavlje	484	108,209	13	484	64,175	11
Novi Pazar	Raška	742	100,410	14	742	66,527	9
Valjevo ¤	Kolubara	905	90,312	15	905	59,073	13
Sombor ¤	West Bačka	1,178	85,903	16	1,178	47,623	18
Vranje[5] ¤	Pčinja	860	83,524	17	860	55,138	15
Sremska Mitrovica ¤	Srem	762	79,940	18	762	37,751	23
Loznica	Mačva	612	79,327	19	612	19,572	38
Užice[6] ¤	Zlatibor	667	78,040	20	667	59,747	17
Požarevac[7] ¤	Braničevo	482	75,334	21	482	44,183	19
Jagodina ¤	Pomoravlje	470	71,825	22	470	37,282	24
Stara Pazova	Srem	351	65,792	23	351	18,602	41
Zaječar ¤	Zaječar	1,069	59,461	24	1,069	38,165	21
Kikinda ¤	North Banat	782	59,453	25	782	38,065	22
Pirot ¤	Pirot	1,232	57,928	26	1,232	38,785	20
Bačka Palanka	South Bačka	579	55,528	27	579	28,239	28
Ruma	Srem	582	54,339	28	582	30,076	27
Paraćin	Pomoravlje	542	54,242	29	542	25,104	31
Vršac	South Banat	1,324	52,026	30	1,324	36,040	25
Aleksinac	Nišava	707	51,863	31	707	17,978	43
Smederevska Palanka	Podunavlje	422	50,284	32	422	23,601	36
Bor ¤	Bor	856	48,615	33	856	34,160	26
Inđija	Srem	384	47,433	34	384	26,025	30
Aranđelovac	Šumadija	376	46,225	35	376	24,797	32
Prokuplje ¤	Toplica	759	44,419	36	759	27,333	29
Gornji Milanovac	Moravica	836	44,406	37	836	24,216	33
Bujanovac[n 1]	Pčinja	461	43,302	38	461	14,613	53
Kula	West Bačka	481	43,101	39	481	17,866	44
Trstenik	Rasina	448	42,966	40	448	15,282	50
Vrbas	South Bačka	376	42,092	41	376	24,112	34
Velika Plana	Podunavlje	345	40,902	42	345	16,088	47
Bečej	South Bačka	487	37,351	43	487	23,895	35
Prijepolje	Zlatibor	827	37,059	44	827	14,535	58
Negotin	Bor	1,089	37,056	45	1,089	16,882	46
Preševo[n 1]	Pčinja	264	34,904	46	264	13,426	57
Šid	Srem	687	34,188	47	687	14,893	52
Kovin	South Banat	730	33,722	48	730	13,515	56
Bačka Topola	North Bačka	579	33,321	49	579	14,573	54
Ivanjica	Moravica	1,090	31,963	50	1,090	11,715	63
Knjaževac	Zaječar	1,202	31,491	51	1,202	18,404	42
Petrovac na Mlavi	Braničevo	655	31,259	52	655	7,447	85
Tutin	Raška	742	31,155	53	742	10,094	66
Ćuprija	Pomoravlje	287	30,645	54	287	19,471	39
Odžaci	West Bačka	411	30,154	55	411	8,811	76
Vlasotince	Jablanica	308	29,893	56	308	15,882	48
Požega	Zlatibor	426	29,638	57	426	13,153	60
Ub	Kolubara	456	29,101	58	456	6,191	93
Apatin	West Bačka	333	28,929	59	333	17,411	45
Bogatić	Mačva	384	28,287	60	384	-	-
Temerin	South Bačka	170	28,287	61	170	19,661	37
Vrnjačka Banja	Raška	239	27,527	62	239	10,065	67
Priboj	Zlatibor	533	27,133	63	533	14,920	51
Aleksandrovac	Rasina	387	26,522	64	387	6,228	92
Sjenica	Zlatibor	1,059	26,392	65	1,059	14,060	55
Žabalj	Zlatibor	400	26,134	66	400	9,161	72
Bajina Bašta	Zlatibor	673	26,022	67	673	9,148	73
Kanjiža	North Banat	399	25,343	68	399	9,871	68
Kovačica	South Banat	419	25,274	69	419	6,259	90
Raška	Raška	670	24,678	70	670	9,108	74
Novi Bečej	Central Banat	609	23,925	71	609	13,133	61
Svilajnac	Pomoravlje	326	23,551	72	326	9,198	71
Senta	North Banat	293	23,316	73	293	18,704	40
Despotovac	Pomoravlje	623	23,191	74	623	6,232	91
Topola	Šumadija	356	22,329	75	356	4,973	100
Lebane	Jablanica	337	22,000	76	337	9,272	70
Lučani	Moravica	454	20,897	77	454	5,142	99
Vladičin Han	Pčinja	366	20,871	78	366	8,030	81
Kladovo	Bor	629	20,635	79	629	9,729	69
Surdulica	Pčinja	628	20,319	80	628	11,400	64
Alibunar	South Banat	602	20,153	81	602	8,089	80
Pećinci	Srem	489	19,720	82	489	-	-
Kuršumlija	Toplica	952	19,213	83	952	13,306	59
Arilje	Zlatibor	349	18,792	84	349	6,763	88
Majdanpek	Bor	932	18,686	85	932	10,109	65
Doljevac	Nišava	121	18,463	86	121	-	-
Varvarin	Rasina	249	17,966	87	249	-	-
Veliko Gradište	Braničevo	344	17,610	88	344	5,825	95
Vladimirci	Mačva	338	17,462	89	338	-	-
Bela Crkva	South Banat	353	17,367	90	353	9,080	75
Krupanj	Mačva	342	17,295	91	342	4,429	106
Ada	North Banat	229	16,991	92	229	15,573	49
Žitište	Central Banat	525	16,841	93	525	2,903	115
Nova Varoš	Zlatibor	581	16,638	94	581	8,795	77
Žitorađa	Toplica	214	16,368	95	214	3,370	-
Srbobran	South Bačka	284	16,317	96	284	12,009	62
Brus	Rasina	606	16,317	97	606	4,636	102
Sokobanja	Zaječar	525	16,021	98	525	7,982	82
Titel	South Bačka	262	15,738	99	262	5,294	97
Beočin	South Bačka	186	15,726	100	186	7,839	83
Kučevo	Braničevo	721	15,516	101	721	3,944	111
Lajkovac	Kolubara	186	15,475	102	186	3,249	113
Čajetina	Zlatibor	647	14,745	103	647	2,821	116
Ljubovija	Mačva	356	14,469	104	356	-	-
Bač	South Bačka	367	14,405	105	367	5,399	96
Mionica	Kolubara	329	14,335	106	329	1,620	120
Svrljig	Nišava	497	14,249	107	497	7,553	84
Knić	Šumadija	413	14,237	108	413	-	-
Merošina	Nišava	193	13,968	109	193	-	-
Bački Petrovac	South Bačka	158	13,418	110	158	6,155	94
Sečanj	Central Banat	523	13,267	111	523	2,373	119
Koceljeva	Mačva	257	13,129	112	257	-	-
Boljevac	Zaječar	828	12,994	113	828	4,484	105
Ljig	Kolubara	279	12,754	114	279	3,425	112
Žagubica	Braničevo	760	12,733	115	760	-	-
Osečina	Kolubara	319	12,536	116	319	-	-
Mali Zvornik	Mačva	184	12,482	117	184	4,407	108
Babušnica	Pirot	529	12,307	118	529	4,601	103
Bela Palanka	Pirot	951	12,126	119	951	8,143	79
Kosjerić	Zlatibor	358	12,090	120	358	3,992	110
Mali Iđoš	North Bačka	175	12,031	121	175	-	-
Batočina	Šumadija	136	11,760	122	136	-	-
Blace	Toplica	306	11,754	123	306	5,253	98
Rača	Šumadija	216	11,503	124	216	2,603	118
Malo Crniće	Braničevo	271	11,458	125	271	-	-
Čoka	North Banat	321	11,398	126	321	4,028	109
Žabari	South Bačka	264	11,380	127	264	-	-
Plandište	South Banat	383	11,336	128	383	-	-
Novi Kneževac	North Banat	305	11,269	129	305	6,960	87
Bojnik	Jablanica	264	11,104	130	264	-	-
Rekovac	Pomoravlje	366	11,055	131	366	-	-
Irig	Srem	230	10,866	132	230	4,415	107
Opovo	South Banat	203	10,440	133	203	4,527	104
Nova Crnja	Central Banat	273	10,272	134	273	-	-
Dimitrovgrad	Pirot	483	10,118	135	483	6,278	89
Ćićevac	Rasina	124	9,476	136	124	4,667	101
Ražanj	Nišava	289	9,150	137	289	-	-
Sremski Karlovci	South Bačka	51	8,750	138	51	8,750	78
Gadžin Han	Nišava	325	8,389	139	325	-	-
Golubac	Braničevo	368	8,331	140	368	1,653	-
Bosilegrad	Pčinja	571	8,129	141	571	2,624	117
Lapovo	Šumadija	55	7,837	142	55	7,143	86
Medveđa	Jablanica	524	7,438	143	524	3,236	114
Trgovište	Pčinja	370	5,091	144	370	-	-
Crna Trava	Jablanica	312	1,663	145	312	-	-

Cities and municipalities in Kosovo^[a]

City / town	District (Kosovan/Serbian)	Area [km²]
Pristina ¤	Pristina / Kosovo	854
Drenas	Pristina / Kosovo	290
Kosovo Polje	Pristina / Kosovo	89
Lipljan	Pristina / Kosovo	401
Obilić	Pristina / Kosovo	105
Podujevo	Pristina / Kosovo	625
Novo Brdo	Pristina / Kosovo	81
Ferizaj	Ferizaj / Kosovo	344
Štimlje	Ferizaj / Kosovo	134
Kaçanik	Ferizaj / Kosovo	220
Štrpce	Ferizaj / Kosovo	248
Gjilan ¤	Gjilan / Kosovo	510
Kamenica	Gjilan / Kosovo	509
Vitina	Gjilan / Kosovo	289
Mitrovica ¤	Mitrovica / Kosovska Mitrovica	336
Leposavić	Mitrovica / Kosovska Mitrovica	539
Skenderaj	Mitrovica / Kosovska Mitrovica	374
Vučitrn	Mitrovica / Kosovska Mitrovica	353
Zubin Potok	Mitrovica / Kosovska Mitrovica	328
Zvečan	Mitrovica / Kosovska Mitrovica	123
Peja ¤	Peja / Peć	603
Istok	Peja / Peć	464
Klina	Peja / Peć	403
Gjakova	Gjakova / Peć	587
Deçan	Gjakova / Peć	402
Prizren ¤	Prizren	757
Orahovac	Prizren	401
Suva Reka	Prizren	434
Gora1	Prizren	310

See also[]

• Administrative divisions of Serbia
• Districts of Serbia
• Municipalities and cities of Serbia
  • Cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
• Populated places in Serbia

Notes and references[]

Notes[]

^ The city of Belgrade consists of 17 city municipalities.

^ The city of Novi Sad consists of two city municipalities: Novi Sad and Petrovaradin.

^ The city of Niš consists of five city municipalities: Medijana, Palilula, Pantelej, Crveni Krst and Niška Banja.

^ The city of Vranje consists of two city municipalities: City municipality of Vranje and Vranjska Banja.

^ The city of Užice consists of two city municipalities: City municipality of Užice and Sevojno

^ The city of Požarevac consists of two city municipalities: City municipality of Požarevac and Kostolac.

^ The seat of the municipality is Dragaš.

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