- Avalski Venac
Avalski Venac (Serbian
Cyrillic : Авалски венац) is a proposed municipality of the City of Belgrade, the capital ofSerbia . [Politika daily, Nov 4, 2007, p.23] [Politika daily, Oct 20, 2007, p.27] [Politika daily, Oct 29, 2007, p.27]Movement
Movement for creation of the municipality began in 1996 and was enhanced since 2002 and successful campaigning for the re-creation of the municipality of
Surčin , which split from the municipality ofZemun , almost 40 years after it was annexed to Zemun. Originally, the movement sought to re-create to former municipality ofRipanj , which was annexed to the municipality ofVoždovac and now constitutes its southern part, which is at the most distant almost 40 kilometers away from the municipal seat. It should constitute from the suburban settlements of Ripanj,Beli Potok ,Zuce andPinosava , all in the municipality of Voždovac, but also includingVrčin , in the municipality ofGrocka . All settlements are located on the sloped of theAvala mountain, distant from their municipal seats and have similar communal problems, notably the notorious summer's water shortages. The combined population of the settlements is 27,688 by the 2002 census of population.Official proceedings
In September 2007 an official motion was started by the municipality of Voždovac to create new municipality and in October 2007 municipal assembly began construction of the building in central Beli Potok which would serve as an outer representation of the assembly and the future municipal seat if new municipality is to be created. The new administrative center was finished in April 2008 [Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | title = "Brže do dokumenata podno Avale" | newspaper =
Politika | pages = p. 22 | language = Serbian | year = 2008 | date =2007-04-12 | url = ] . President of the municipal assemblyGoran Lukačević said that the oppinions of the population will ensue soon and that inhabitants of the neighborhood ofResnik in the municipality of Rakovica will be also asked to join the new municipality.See also
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List of former and proposed municipalities of Belgrade References
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