Town and municipality in Southern and Eastern Serbia, Serbia
Petrovac (Serbian Cyrillic : Петровац ), also known as Petrovac na Mlavi (Serbian Cyrillic : Петровац на Млави , "Petrovac-upon-Mlava "; Romanian : Piatra Mlave ) is a town and municipality located in the Braničevo District of eastern Serbia . In 2022, the population of the town is 6,958, while the population of the municipality is 25,900.
History
From 1929 to 1941, Petrovac was part of the Morava Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia .
Demographics
Historical population Year 1948 50,430 — 1953 51,560 +0.44% 1961 51,613 +0.01% 1971 50,433 −0.23% 1981 48,608 −0.37% 1991 46,414 −0.46% 2002 34,511 −2.66% 2011 31,259 −1.09% 2022 25,900 −1.70% Source: [ 3]
Economy
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):[ 4]
Activity
Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
74
Mining and quarrying
28
Manufacturing
619
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
56
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
101
Construction
223
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
1,217
Transportation and storage
199
Accommodation and food services
329
Information and communication
62
Financial and insurance activities
40
Real estate activities
3
Professional, scientific and technical activities
176
Administrative and support service activities
77
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security
298
Education
370
Human health and social work activities
809
Arts, entertainment and recreation
91
Other service activities
134
Individual agricultural workers
2,142
Total 7,048
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