Gornji Milanovac

Gornji Milanovac
Gornji Milanovac; Горњи Милановац; Despotovac
	Toun an municipality
	Banner Coat airms
	Motto(s): "Време и моје право (Time and my right)"
	Location o the municipality o Gornji Milanovac within Serbie
	Coordinates: 44°01′27″N 20°27′36″E / 44.02417°N 20.46000°ECoordinates: 44°01′27″N 20°27′36″E / 44.02417°N 20.46000°E
Kintra	Serbia
Region	Šumadija an Wastren Serbie
Destrict	Moravica
Foondit	1853
Settlements	63
Govrenment
• Mayor	Dejan Kovačević (SNS)
Area
Area rank	21st
• Municipality	836 km2 (323 sq mi)
Elevation	310 m (1,020 ft)
Population (2011 census)
• Rank	37t
• Toun	24216
• Municipality	44406
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	32300; 32301
Aurie code	+381(0)32
Caur plates	GM
Website	www.gornjimilanovac.rs

Gornji Milanovac (Serbie: Горњи Милановац listen (help·info)) is a toun an municipality locatit in Serbie at 44.012691° North, 20.273572° East. Its name means "Upper Milanovac" (there is a Lower Milanovac, as well) while Milanovac stems from name "Milan" in the Serbian leid. In 2003 the ceety haed a total population o 24,000.

Afore 1859 the oreeginal name o the ceety wis Despotovac, efter the Despotovica river passin bi the ceety. In 1859 the name wis chynged tae Gornji Milanovac at the request o the Prince o Serbie Miloš Obrenović.

Geography

Gornji Milanovac lies atween muntains Rudnik tae the north an Vujan tae the sooth.

The ceety is situatit alang wastren side o European route E763, atween the ceeties Ljig tae the north an Čačak tae the sooth an the veelages Majdan tae the north an Preljina tae the sooth.

Main ceety crossroad branches:

Tae the North, ontae road Gornji Milanovac-Kragujevac (see Kragujevac) that crosses wi E763 an turns East; the nearest veelage on the road is Donja Vrbava.
Tae the East, turns Sooth then East through the ceety, crosses E763 an then goes Sooth through the veelage o Donja Trepca ontae the route 23.
Tae the Sooth, towards E763.
Tae the Wast, quickly turns North an efter five kilometers branches intae road Gornji Milanovac-Cestobrodica (see Cestobrodica) tae the Wast; the nearest veelage on the road is Takovo, whaur Takovo Uprising begun; an intae road Gornji Milanovac-Gornji Banjani (see Gornji Banjani) tae the North; the nearest veelage on the road is Kalimanici.