Gornji Milanovac
Gornji Milanovac
Горњи Милановац (Serbian) Despotovica | |
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Town and municipality | |
From top: Town center, The Old Court building, Takovski ustanak gymnasium, "Takovski grm" Memorial Complex, Church of Holy Trinity | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): "Време и моје право (Time and my right)" | |
Location of the municipality of Gornji Milanovac within Serbia | |
| Coordinates: 44°01′27″N 20°27′36″E / 44.02417°N 20.46000°E | |
| Country | Serbia |
| Region | Šumadija and Western Serbia |
| District | Moravica |
| Founded | 1853 |
| Settlements | 63 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dejan Kovačević (SNS) |
| Area | |
| • Rank | 21st in Serbia |
| • Town | 16.84 km2 (6.50 sq mi) |
| • Municipality | 836 km2 (323 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 310 m (1,020 ft) |
| Population (2022 census) | |
| • Rank | 32nd in Serbia |
| • Town | 23,109 |
| • Town density | 1,372/km2 (3,554/sq mi) |
| • Municipality | 44,238 |
| • Municipality density | 52.9/km2 (137/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 32300 32301 |
| Area code | +381(0)32 |
| Car plates | GM |
| Website | www |
Gornji Milanovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Гoрњи Милановац, pronounced [ɡôːrɲiː mǐlanoʋats] ⓘ) is a town and municipality located in the Moravica District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 23,109, while the population of the municipality is 38,985 (2022 census data).
The town was founded in 1853 as Despotovica (Деспотовица), after the river passing by the town. In 1859 the name was changed to Gornji Milanovac at the request of Prince Miloš Obrenović. Its name means Upper Milanovac (there is a Lower Milanovac as well, while Milanovac was named so in honour of revolutionary Milan Obrenović).
The microregion of Rudnik–Takovo (Serbian: Рудничко-таковски крај), or simply Takovo (Serbian: Таково, Таковски крај), in the broader sense roughly corresponds to the modern municipality of Gornji Milanovac. It includes the southern foothills of the Rudnik mountain, and northern foothills of Suvobor and Maljen. Some villages in the municipality are part of the Kačer region.