Orašac (Aranđelovac)

Orašac (Serbian Cyrillic: Орашац) is a village in the municipality of Aranđelovac in Central Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 1462 people.[1] It is best known as the starting point of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804, as the site of the Orašac Assembly.

Orašac
School building in Orašac
School building in Orašac
Coordinates: 44°19′44″N 20°35′07″E
Country Serbia
DistrictŠumadija
MunicipalityAranđelovac
Elevation
328 m (1,076 ft)
Population
 (2002)
  Total1,462
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
34308
Area code(+381) 34
Vehicle registrationAR

American anthropologists Joel and Barbara Halpern wrote an extensive body of papers and books about Orašac. The books include A Serbian Village (1958)[2] and A Serbian Village in Historical Perspective (1986).[3]

References

  1. Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9
  2. Eric R. Wolf (1959), "Serbian Village (Book Review)" (PDF), American Anthropologist, 61 (3): 531–532, doi:10.1525/aa.1959.61.3.02a00280
  3. Selected Papers on a Serbian Village
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