Mionica

Mionica
Mionica; Мионица
	Municipality and Town
	Serbian Orthodox church
	Coat of arms of Mionica; Coat of arms
	Coat of arms of Mionica; Coat of arms
	; Location of the municipality of Mionica within Serbia
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Country	Serbia
District	Kolubara
Settlements	36
Government
• Mayor	Boban Janković (SNS)
Area
• Municipality	329 km2 (127 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Town	1,571
• Municipality	14,263
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	14242
Area code	+381 14
Car plates	VA
Website	www.mionica.rs

Mionica (Serbian Cyrillic: Мионица, [miɔ̌nit͡sa]) is a town and municipality located in the Kolubara District of Serbia. As of 2011, the population of the town is 1,571, while population of the municipality is 14,263. In Mionica there is one primary school, a community health clinic^[4] and a culture centre with a movie theater attached to it. It is pretty much oriented to neighboring city of Valjevo which is located near the center of the region.

Geography

The township of Mionica is located 92km from Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. With an area of 329km², it is bordering the Maljen and Suvobor mountains to the South and has access to the Kolubara river, Sava region and the Panonian plain to the North. While the Serbs make up for a large majority of the population, the Roma make up a significant minority, while there are smaller populations of ethnic Montenegrins, Croats, Hungarians, Macedonians, Slovenians, Germans and Albanians.^[5]

Economy

Mionica's economy is predominantly agricultural. Its primary activities are the fruit orchards and raising cattle. The municipality is also a tourist destination, especially the Ribnica river, well known for sight-seeing and outdoor sports, such as fishing and hunting. The Vrujci spa also attracts tourists and is known for its bottled water.^[6]