Changes in development and spatial distribution of population in Aleksandrovac municipality in the second half of the 20th century

Abstract

There are numerous different and spatially dispersive marks of a human living (material and spiritual) and especially of a settlement development at the present territory of Aleksandrovac municipality (387 km2, 55 settlements and 29,387 inhabitants). They are characterized by historical continuity, from late prehistory until present time, as well as by chorological and chronological fluctuation in concentration. The most important localities for the research of the oldest settlement and cultural history of this geographic area are situated in following settlements: Vitkovo, Venčac, Garevina, Tuleš, Rudenice, Trnavci, Aleksandrovac, Puhovac, Ljubinci etc. The basis of modern settlement-demographic structure dates from the middle 18th and the beginning of 19th century. In this article are stressed particular, especially important for recent condition, population changes that occurred during the second half of 20th century.

Tragovi ljudskog življenja (materijalni i duhovni), a pre svega naseobinskog razvoja, na današnjoj teritoriji opštine Aleksandrovac (387 km2, 55 naselja i 29.389 stanovnika) su mnogobrojni, raznovrsni i prostorno disperzni. Karakteriše ih istorijska kontinuiranost prisustva, od mlađe praistorije do danas, ali i horološka i hronološka promenjivost koncentracije. Za tumačenje najstarije naseobinske i kulturne prošlosti ovog geoprostora posebno su značajni lokaliteti u atarima naselja: Vitkovo, Venčac, Garevina, Tuleš, Rudenice, Trnavci, Aleksandrovac, Puhovac, Ljubinci i dr. Osnova savremene naseobinsko-demografske strukture utemeljena je od sredine XVIII i tokom prve polovine XIX veka. U ovom radu su posebno apostrofirane pojedine, za recentno stanje presudno značajne, populacione promene prisutne tokom druge polovine XX veka.