Ljig

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{{Infobox settlement
| native_name = {{native name|sr-Cyrl|Љиг|italics=off}}
| native_name_lang = sr
| official_name = Ljig
| other_name =
| settlement_type = [[List of cities in Serbia|Town]] and [[Municipalities and cities of Serbia|municipality]]
| image_shield = Grb Ljiga.png
| image_flag = Zastava Ljiga.png
| image_skyline = Ljig_spomenik1.jpg
| image_caption = Monument to the [[Yugoslav Partisans|Partisans]]
| image_map = Municipalities of Serbia Ljig.png
| map_caption = Location of the municipality of Ljig within Serbia
| mapsize =
| coordinates = {{coord|44.23|N|20.24|E|region:RS|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Serbia}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Subdivisions of Serbia|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Šumadija and Western Serbia]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Serbia|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kolubara District|Kolubara]]
| parts_type = Settlements
| parts_style = para
| p1 = 27
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Milomir Starčević ([[Serbian Progressive Party|SNS]])
| area_blank1_title = Town
| area_blank1_km2 = 5.42
| area_blank2_title = Municipality
| area_blank2_km2 = 279
| area_footnotes = <ref>{{Serbian municipalities 2006}}</ref>
| elevation_m = 150
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Census 2022: Total population, by municipalities and cities|url=https://popis2022.stat.gov.rs/media/31323/0_ukupan-broj-stanovnika.xlsx|website=popis2022.stat.gov.rs}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2022 census
| population_blank1_title = Town
| population_blank1 = 2938
| population_density_blank1_km2 = auto
| population_blank2_title = Municipality
| population_blank2 = 10711
| population_density_blank2_km2 = auto
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Serbia|Postal code]]
| postal_code = 14240
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in Serbia|Area code]]
| area_code = +381(0)14
| blank_name = [[Vehicle registration plates of Serbia|Car plates]]
| blank_info = VA
| website = {{url|www.ljig.rs}}
}}

'''Ljig''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Љиг}}) is a town and municipality located in the [[Kolubara District]] of western Serbia. It has a population of 2,938 inhabitants, while the municipality has a total of 10,711 inhabitants.{{ref|census}}

It is surrounded by [[Mount Rajac]] and [[Mount Rudnik]].

==History==
The recorded history of the Ljig settlement itself begins in 1911, when a railroad was built between [[Lajkovac]] and [[Gornji Milanovac]]. The area, however, has a long history. The [[Dići]] church was founded by Serbian nobleman [[Vlgdrag]], who was buried here in 1327.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stamenković|first=Srboljub Đ.|title=Geografska enciklopedija: naselja Srbije|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AHEtAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Geografski fakultet|page=499}}</ref> The ruins of the medieval [[Vavedenje Monastery]] include impressive [[sarcophagus|sarcophagi]] dating from the 15th century, believed to belong to the Serbian despots [[Stefan Branković]] and [[Đurađ Branković]]. According to legend, Djuradj's wife, Jerina, was buried there as well.

An early reference to "Ljig" can be found in the 17th century records of [[Evliya Çelebi]], which describe "LIGmehri" (the [[Ljig River]]) rising from Kara Dag in the village Baht (today's [[Ba (Serbia)|Ba]]) and flowing into the Kolubara River near [[Valjevo]]. No settlement in the area was known to the [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]]s when they occupied Serbia from 1717 to 1739. By 1818, however, the nearby settlement [[Gukosi]] had grown to 50 homes.

A railway station was built in 1917 near the present-day center of Ljig. This lower area under the Gukoši hill includes a small settlement with a municipal court, school, inn, two stores, two textile mills, three tailors and several houses, and when still part of Gukoši had been referred to as the area "on the [[Ljig River]]."

During [[World War I]], the [[Battle of Kolubara]] was fought nearby, making this area significant in history of Serbia and of war, and in military science. A monument memorializing the battle has been erected on Rajac Mountain.

Ljig separated from [[Gukoš|Gukoši]] in 1922, and by 1930 a school, health center and church were built. Prior to that time, Ljig residents had worshipped in [[Moravci (Ljig)|Moravci]].

==Settlements==
The town of Ljig is the economic and cultural center of the municipality with a primary school founded in 1907, a [[high school]], a public library with a [[movie theater|cinema]], a health center and a [[post office]].

Aside from the town of Ljig, the following settlements are part of municipality of Ljig:
{{div col|colwidth=12em}}
* [[Ivanovci (Ljig)|Ivanovci]]
* [[Kozelj]]
* [[Lalinci]]
* [[Veliševac]]
* [[Babajić]]
* [[Ba (Ljig)|Ba]]
* [[Kadina Luka]]
* [[Kalanjevci]]
* [[Jajčić]]
* [[Liplje, Ljig|Liplje]]
* [[Moravci, Serbia|Moravci]]
* [[Štavica (Ljig)|Štavica]]
* [[Gukoš]]
* [[Milavac]]
* [[Brančić]]
* [[Poljanice, Serbia|Poljanice]]
* [[Latković]]
* [[Slavkovica]]
* [[Paležnica]]
* [[Belanovica]]
* [[Bošnjanović]]
* [[Donji Banjani]]
* [[Dići]]
* [[Cvetanovac]]
* [[Živkovci]]
* [[Šutci]]
{{div col end}}

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|type =
| percentages = pagr
|1948|20190 |1953|20697 |1961|19662 |1971|18549 |1981|17620 |1991|15912 |2002|14629 |2011|12754 |2022|10711
| source = <ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia|url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Knjiga20.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>
}}
According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Ljig has 12,754 inhabitants.

===Ethnic groups===
The ethnic composition of the municipality:<ref>{{cite web|title=Population by ethnicity and sex, by municipalities and cities|url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Nacionalna%20pripadnost-Ethnicity.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=Statistical Office of Serbia|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Ethnic group
! Population
!%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Serbs]]||align="right"|12,145
|95.23%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Romani people in Serbia|Roma]]||align="right"|160
|1.25%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Montenegrins of Serbia|Montenegrins]]||align="right"|17
|0.13%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Yugoslavs in Serbia|Yugoslavs]]||align="right"|11
|0.09%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Macedonians in Serbia|Macedonians]]||align="right"|8
|0.06%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Croats of Serbia|Croats]]||align="right"|7
|0.05%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Others||align="right"|406
|3.18%
|-
|style="background:#F0F0F0;"|'''Total'''||align="right"|12,754
|
|}

==Economy==
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):<ref name="stats18">{{cite web|title=MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, 2019.|url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2019/PdfE/G201913046.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=[[Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia]]|date=25 December 2019|access-date=28 December 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Activity
! Total
|-
|Agriculture, forestry and fishing||align="right"|22
|-
|Mining and quarrying||align="right"|159
|-
|Manufacturing||align="right"|393
|-
|Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply||align="right"|4
|-
|Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities||align="right"|48
|-
|Construction||align="right"|95
|-
|Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles||align="right"|359
|-
|Transportation and storage||align="right"|111
|-
|Accommodation and food services||align="right"|115
|-
|Information and communication||align="right"|28
|-
|Financial and insurance activities||align="right"|16
|-
|Real estate activities||align="right"|1
|-
|Professional, scientific and technical activities||align="right"|55
|-
|Administrative and support service activities||align="right"|12
|-
|Public administration and defense; compulsory social security||align="right"|161
|-
|Education||align="right"|235
|-
|Human health and social work activities||align="right"|82
|-
|Arts, entertainment and recreation||align="right"|21
|-
|Other service activities||align="right"|50
|-
|Individual agricultural workers||align="right"|271
|- class="sortbottom"
|'''Total'''||align="right"|'''2,239'''
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Ljig, Crkva Svetog Jovana, 04.jpg|''Church of St. Jovan''
File:Ljig, Centar mesta, 01.jpg|''Ljig town center''
File:Ljig, Dečja biblioteka, 01.jpg|''Ljig Children Library''
File:Ljig, Gradska biblioteka, 01.jpg|''Ljig Library''

File:Ljig, Spomenik ljiškoj borbi, 01.jpg|''Monument to the battle in Ljig''
File:Ljig, Srednja škola 1300 kaplara, 16.JPG|''High School in Ljig''
File:Predeo narocite prirodne lepote Rajac (2).jpg|''Rajac paragliding''
File:Predeo narocite prirodne lepote Rajac (3).jpg|''Rajac annual Mowing''
File:Cvetanovac 003.jpg|''Cvetanovac Forrest''
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[List of populated places in Serbia]]

==Notes and references==
;Notes
# {{note|town}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20051001081834/http://www.ear.eu.int/publications/main/news-a1a2b3bi4.htm "Plum brandy, the Internet and the world"], European Agency for Reconstruction press release on Ljig
# {{note|census}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20101113152636/http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/axd/Zip/eSn31.pdf 2002 Serbian National Census]

;References
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Ljig}}
* {{official website|http://www.ljig.rs}}

{{Municipalities of Serbia}}
{{Kolubara District}}

[[Category:Populated places in Kolubara District]]
[[Category:Šumadija]]
[[Category:Municipalities and cities of Šumadija and Western Serbia]]

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