Vlasina

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Designated13 October 2007
Reference no.1738 [1]

Vlasina is a mountainous region of southeastern Serbia. It is a border area to Bulgaria, a region of the Rhodopian Serbia, with old rocks and mountains. Its most prominent landforms are eponymous Vlasina River and Vlasina Lake. It corresponds to the territories of municipalities of Crna Trava, Vlasotince and Surdulica.

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The region consists of fours smaller micro-regions: Crna Trava, Znepolje, Lužnica and Vlasotince. Near Vlasotince, the remains of ancient volcanic eruptions are particularly visible.

Economy

The largest center of the whole region is the town of Vlasotince, but in general, the area is one of the least developed in Serbia, very poor and extremely depopulating. For example, the population of the Crna Trava municipality decreased from around 14,000 in 1953 to only 2,500 in 2002. Accordingly, the density also dropped from 43 per km² in 1953 to only 8 per km² in 2002.

A circular freeway connects the valleys of the Vlasina and Južna Morava rivers.

In 2005 Hellenic Bottling Co., a subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company, bought the local water factory ("Rosa" is a trademark for this water) which is located close to the Vlasina source thus causing potests of the local environmentalists. Activists from the "Eco base South" (Eko baza Jug) were afraid of overexploitation drying out the sources of the river.

Wildlife

In 2018 it was announced that European free-tailed bat, previously unrecorded in Serbia, was discovered living in Vlasina region. It is a 31st species of bat which inhabits the country and the one with the largest wingspan. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Vlasina". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Ana Vuković (3 March 2018). "Sredozemni repaš nađen i u Srbiji" [European free-tailed bat discovered in Serbia]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 12.

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