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Boleč Болеч | |
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  Boleč Location within Belgrade | |
| Coordinates: 44°43′N20°36′E / 44.717°N 20.600°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Region |  Belgrade |
| Municipality | Grocka |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.43 km2 (4.80 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +381(0)11 |
| Car plates | BG |
Boleč (Serbian Cyrillic : Болеч) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Grocka.
Boleč is located 17 km east of the Belgrade, near the road of Smederevski put which connects Belgrade and Smederevo. One of the branches of the Bolečica river flows through the settlement and gives its name to it (its derived from Serbian words for bol (pain) and leči(ti) (to cure), so it means the water that heals the pain).
Well preserved bust of the Roman emperor Macrinus (ruled 217-218) was found in Boleč. The locality was situated halfway between the ancient Singidunum, predecessor of modern Belgrade, and the modern village of Brestovik, which was also settled by the Romans. It was also close to the Tricornium fort, in modern Ritopek. [1]
For decades the population of Boleč was growing. Since the mid-1970s however, the settlement (classified as the rural one, the village) is experiencing accelerated growth which continues until today, with large number of refugees from Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo settling in this area. Originally south of the Smederevski put, as the settlement was growing it reached the road and connected to other surrounding villages (Ritopek, Vinča, Leštane), so today it makes one built-up area all the way to Belgrade. Population of Boleč:
Until the late 1970s and early 1980s the economy of Boleč was based on agriculture, especially on fruit growing as the one of major Serbian fruit regions begins here and stretches to Smederevo, 35 km to the east. Since then, a boom in privately owned small companies boosted the economy and attracted new population to migrate in the settlement. The only large company is the branch of PKB, agricultural company, with fruit plantations and huge refrigerators (PKB - Voćarske plantaže).
Boleč is the home for the FK Boleč football club that competes in lower ranks of Belgrade football.
The locally well known folk dance ensemble "KUD Boleč" (Cultural-artistic society Boleč) (Serbian: Kulturno-umetničko društvo Boleč) comes from this settlement.
Singidunum was an ancient city which later evolved into modern Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The name is of Celtic origin, going back to the time when Celtic tribe Scordisci settled the area in the 3rd century BC, following the Gallic invasion of the Balkans. Later on, the Roman Republic conquered the area in 75 BC and incorporated it into the province of Moesia. It was an important fort of the Danubian Limes and Roman Legio IV Flavia Felix was garrisoned there since 86 AD. Singidunum was the birthplace of the Roman Emperor Jovian. It was sacked by Huns in 441, and by Avars and Slavs in 584. At the beginning of the 7th century, the Singidunum fort was finally destroyed.
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