List of former and proposed municipalities of Belgrade

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This is a list of former and proposed municipalities of Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. The city currently consists of 17 municipalities, 10 urban and 7 suburban, but after World War II, over 30 more municipalities were created, abolished and merged with each other.

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Metropolitan area of the City of Belgrade (click to enlarge)

Formation of metropolitan area

It took 27 years (from 1944 to 1971) to territorially shape the modern metropolitan area of the City of Belgrade. Even after 1971 some changes occurred, but due to the internal reorganization, the area's outer borders were intact. Certain ideas of the enlarging further the metropolitan area appeared in the early 1990s. Still, rhey were not realized (see "Further expansion" below). Some of the most important changes include:

Former municipalities

The list deals with all the municipalities which existed on the territory of the modern City of Belgrade since 1945, regardless if they were administratively part of Belgrade during their existence or not. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Proposed new municipalities

With successful 2000-2002 campaigning for Surčin's split from the municipality of Zemun (proclaimed separate municipality on 24 November 2003, separate administration from November 3, 2004), several other motions for the creation of new municipalities appeared. Acting mayor of Belgrade Zoran Alimpić stated in November 2007 that probably no new municipalities will be created before 2011 or 2012. [8] As of April 2022 none have been created.

Possible expansion of metropolitan area

Proposed and planned changes

Expansion of the metropolitan area of Belgrade was actual in the 1991-1992 when a new territorial reorganization was prepared for the entire Serbia. The government of Radoman Božović proposed the detachment of the municipality of Mladenovac, for example, but also the incorporation of the municipalities of the province of Vojvodina (Opovo and Pančevo) into Belgrade. A new map, with such borders was even printed in the daily newspaper of Večernje novosti at the time, but in the end the borders remained unchanged.

In an interview in April 2008, regarding the upcoming general elections, jointly with the local and provincial as well, former mayor of Belgrade in 2000-2001 period, Milan St. Protić stated that rural municipalities (like Obrenovac and Mladenovac) should be detached from Belgrade as they can't funcion efficiently as part of urban agglomeration. [20] In 2010, political party G17 Plus, which was part of the ruling coalition in the city, proposed a new division with 24 municipalities. New proposed 7 municipalities were Avalski Venac, Batajnica, Bežanijska Kosa, Dunavski Venac, Kaluđerica (including Leštane), New Belgrade I and II (division of present municipality in two) and Posavski Venac. [12] "Nova stranka", a political party formed by the former prime minister Zoran Živković, proposed a new administrative division in the late 2015, which was to exclude the municipalities of Lazarevac, Obrenovac and Mladenovac from the City of Belgrade, [9] and creation of new urban municipalities: Avalski Venac, Batajnica, Dunavski Venac, Kaluđerica, Žarkovo and Železnik. [13]

After the change in city government in 2014, a commission for the change of the City Statute was formed. It was announced in 2015 and 2016 that the new statute will also deal with the administrative division, return of the division of the municipalities within the city on urban and suburban, change in the municipal jurisdiction, etc., but as of October 2017 nothing changed. In October 2017, Belgrade's Administrative secretariat disclosed that the notions for Dunavski Venac, Avalski Venac and Kaluđerica were applied, but that all three were in a discord with the City Statute. [9] In 2020, some city officials stated unofficially that Batajnica is the most probable candidate for the new, 18th municipality of Belgrade. [15]

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This is a list of cities in Serbia and Montenegro. For a list of municipalities, see Internal structure of Serbia and Montenegro; for a list of all places in Serbia, see List of places in Serbia; for lists of villages in Serbia and Montenegro, see List of villages in Serbia and Montenegro.

This article deals with the system of transport in Belgrade, both public and private.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Savski Venac</span> Municipality in Belgrade, {{{name}}}

Savski Venac is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2022 census results, the municipality has a population of 36,699 inhabitants.

Palilula is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. It has the largest area of all municipalities of Belgrade. The core of Palilula is close to the center of the city, but the municipality also includes sparsely populated land left of the Danube.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zvezdara</span> Municipality in Belgrade, Serbia

Zvezdara is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. The municipality is geographically hilly and with many forests. According to the 2022 census results, the municipality has a population of 172,625 inhabitants.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Čukarica</span> Municipality in Belgrade, {{{name}}}

Čukarica is a municipality of the city of Belgrade, Serbia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stari Grad, Belgrade</span> Municipality in Belgrade, {{{name}}}

Stari Grad is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. It encompasses some of the oldest sections of urban Belgrade, thus the name. Stari Grad is one of the three municipalities that occupy the very center of Belgrade, together with Savski Venac and Vračar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Surčin</span> Municipality in Belgrade, {{{name}}}

Surčin is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. As of 2022 census, it has a population of 45,452 inhabitants.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ovča</span> Suburban settlement in Palilula, Belgrade, Serbia

Ovča is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located to the northeast of the city, in the municipality of Palilula.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Batajnica</span> Urban neighbourhood in Zemun, Belgrade, {{{name}}}

Batajnica is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade municipality of Zemun.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Krnjača</span> Urban neighbourhood in Palilula, Belgrade, {{{name}}}

Krnjača is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pančevački Rit</span>

Pančevački Rit is a small geographical area in south-western Banat, Serbia. It is situated between the rivers Danube and Tamiš, in Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.

Dunavski Venac is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Palilula, geographically located in Banat.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kotež</span> Urban neighbourhood in Palilula, Belgrade, {{{name}}}

Kotež is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Subdivisions of Belgrade</span> Administrative divisions of the City of Belgrade

Serbia's capital city of Belgrade is divided into 17 municipalities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Avalski Venac</span> Hypothetical Serbian Municipality

Avalski Venac is a proposed municipality of the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Posavski Venac</span>

Posavski Venac is a proposed municipality of the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bridges of Belgrade</span>

Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, is located on two major rivers, the Danube and the Sava which are spanned by 11 bridges in total.

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