Donje Crniljevo

Donje Crniljevo () is a village in Serbia. It is situated on the banks of the Tamnava river in the Koceljeva municipality, in the Mačva District of Central Serbia. The village had a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 981 in 2002.

The toponym is derived from Slavic donje ("lower") and crn ("black", cognate with Czech Černilov, etc.).

Geography There are ceramic mines of miopliocene sediments in the area.

History The settlement was formerly known as Crniljevo Tamnavsko, while neighbouring Gornje Crniljevo ("Upper Crniljevo") was known as Crniljevo-Osečina. Jovan Tomić Belov, a local, participated in the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13).

Demographics

1948: 1,498 1953: 1,561 1961: 1,422 1971: 1,344 1981: 1,292 1991: 1,149 2002: 981In Serbian Књига 9, Становништво, упоредни преглед броја становника 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002, подаци по насељима, Републички завод за статистику, Београд, мај 2004,

References

See also List of places in Serbia