Pirot ( sr-Cyrl, Пирот) is a
city
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and the administrative center of the
Pirot District
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in southeastern
Serbia
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. According to 2022 census, the urban area of the city has a population of 34,942, while the population of the city administrative area has 49,601 inhabitants.
The city has rich geographical features, including the mountains of
Stara Planina,
Vlaška Planina,
Belava,
Suva Planina; rivers which flow through the town, including
Nišava,
Jerma, Rasnička Reka, Temštica and the Visočica; and four lakes, the Zavoj Lake, Berovacko Lake, Krupac Lake and Sukovo Lake.
It also has a rich culture, with notable Orthodox church buildings, including the
Church of St. Petka, and the monastery of St. Georges and
St. John the Theologian from the late 14th century, both of which display an example of medieval architecture. Pirot is known for its traditional woven carpet, the
Pirot carpet (''Pirot ćilim'').
Geography
The municipality of Pirot covers an area of , with over seventy settlements, including the city of Pirot. According to the 2002 census report, in the municipality of Pirot lived 63791 residents. Around 45,000 people live in the city itself and about 22,000 people live in the villages around the city.
The river
Nišava divides the Pirot into two districts: Tijabara and Pazar.
Pirot has several mountains in the vicinity, including
Stara Planina,
Vlaška planina,
Belava, and
Suva Planina.
The following rivers flow through Pirot: the
Nišava,
Jerma, Rasnička Reka, Temštica, and Visočica. Pirot also has four lakes: Lake Zavoj, Lake Berovacko, Lake Krupac, and Lake Sukov.
Pirot has a
Temperate oceanic climate (
Köppen climate classification
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: ''Cfb'')
with warm summers and cold winters.
History
Roman era
During the rule of Roman Emperor
Tiberius
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(14–37),
Ponišavlje was part of
Moesia
Moesia (; Latin: ''Moesia''; ) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River. As a Roman domain Moesia was administered at first by the governor of Noricum as 'Civitates of Moesia and Triballi ...
, and during
Vespasian
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(69–79) it was, as the rest of Serbia, organized into
Upper Moesia (as opposed to most of Bulgaria,
Lower Moesia). At the end of the 4th century the basin of the
Nišava was organized into the province of
Dacia Mediterranea. The Roman settlement of Turres (Latin for "towers"), which was a military residence, is mentioned in the first half of the 3rd century. Later, the
Byzantine
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town of
Quimedava is mentioned here, with remains that have survived.
The town was set to enable control and defence of the main road in this part of the empire. Besides, travellers could sleep here overnight, as well as get refreshments and new horses or vehicles. In time, the settlement advanced because of the important road passing through. It was also disturbed very persistently by invasions of the
Gothic tribes throughout the 4th century, as well as the
Huns
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in the 5th century.
Early Byzantine era
According to the written accounts ''On Buildings'' by
Procopius of Caesarea
Procopius of Caesarea (; ''Prokópios ho Kaisareús''; ; – 565) was a prominent late antique Greek scholar and historian from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Roman general Belisarius in Emperor Justinian's wars, Procopius became the pr ...
, writing during the reign of the emperor
Justinian I
Justinian I (, ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565.
His reign was marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovatio imperii'', or "restoration of the Empire". This ambition was ...
(527 – 565), the emperor ordered the reconstruction of thirty fortresses in the area from
Niš
Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names of European cities in different languages (M–P)#N, names in other languages), less often spelled in English as Nish, is the list of cities in Serbia, third largest city in Serbia and the administrative cente ...
to
Sofia
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, including the towers of Pirot. He also gave the detailed description of those construction works. In times when the Slavs and Avars were invading the Balkans, the settlement was named Quimedava, and was situated on the southern slope of the Sarlah Hill.
Corresponding to the archaeological investigations, the town back then, surrounded by forts and fortified walls, also included an early Christian basilica,
thermae
In ancient Rome, (from Greek , "hot") and (from Greek ) were facilities for bathing. usually refers to the large Roman Empire, imperial public bath, bath complexes, while were smaller-scale facilities, public or private, that existed i ...
(public baths), a
necropolis, and other facilities. Beside the military fortress, a civil settlement (
vicus
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) existed on the site called
Majilka. By the late 6th century and early 7th century, successive barbarian invasions had broken through the Byzantine
Danube
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frontier, and Slavs settled in large numbers across the Balkans.
Middle Ages
By the mid-6th century Slavs had settled the area. In 679 the
Bulgars
The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari, Proto-Bulgarians) were Turkic peoples, Turkic Nomad, semi-nomadic warrior tribes that flourished in the Pontic–Caspian steppe and the Volga region between the 5th and 7th centu ...
crossed the Danube into Lower Moesia, and eventually expand to the west and south. Since the beginning of the 9th century the region of Pirot is part of the
First Bulgarian State. The Byzantine emperor
Basil II
Basil II Porphyrogenitus (; 958 – 15 December 1025), nicknamed the Bulgar Slayer (, ), was the senior Byzantine emperor from 976 to 1025. He and his brother Constantine VIII were crowned before their father Romanos II died in 963, but t ...
(r. 960–1025) reconquered
the Balkans from the Bulgars.
In 1153, Arab geographer Burizi crossed the country, and recorded the place of ''Atrubi'' at the site of old Turres, describing it as situated by a small river which arrives from the Serbian mountains and was a tributary of the Morava. In 1182–83 the Serbian army led by Grand Prince
Stefan Nemanja conquered Byzantine territories from Niš to Sofia. The Serbians were expelled by the Byzantine emperor
Isaac II Angelus in 1190. Pirot and Bela Palanka (Remesiana) were not mentioned as they were in ruin since the rebellions in the 940s. Since the end of the 12th century the region of Pirot was part of the
restored Bulgarian state. The region was for some time in the domains of Bulgarian noble
sevastokrator Kaloyan. In 1331-1332
Church of St. Petka in Staničenje was built - at the time of
Bulgaria
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n
Emperor
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Joan Asen (Ivan Alexander) and
Vidin master
Belaur.
Some authors suggest that during the 1370s the region of Pirot was included in the Serbian state. Pirot was part of
Prince Lazar's
state
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**Nation state, a ...
, in which it was an important strategical point. The city was captured by the Ottomans in 1386. The name of the city, Pirot, dates to the 14th century and is derived from Greek ''pirgos'' ("tower").
Ottoman rule
At the beginning of the 15th century, the region of Pirot was one of the centres of the
Uprising of Konstantin and Fruzhin. A significant blow to the efforts of the Bulgarian princes for the restoration of the Bulgarian state was imposed by the Ottoman ruler Sulejman, who conquered the Bulgarian fortress of Temsko, near today's village of
Temska, to the north of Pirot.
Its Turkish name, ''Şehirköy'' (meaning "city, town village"), is first mentioned in 1443. It was organized into the
Sanjak of Niš. In 1469, the body of
Serbian king Stefan Milutin
Stefan Uroš II Milutin ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош II Милутин, Stefan Uroš II Milutin; 1253 – 29 October 1321), known as Saint King, was the King of Serbia between 1282–1321, a member of the Nemanjić dynasty. He was one ...
was transferred via Pirot. In 1561,
hieromonk
A hieromonk,; Church Slavonic, Slavonic: ''Иеромонахъ''; ; ; ; ; Albanian language, Albanian: ''Hieromurg'' also called a priestmonk, is a person who is both monk and Priest#Roman Catholic and Orthodox, priest in the Eastern Christianity ...
Isaija from Pirot visited
Hilandar where he contributed a book. Hilandar had dependencies in Pirot up until the 19th century. Travel writer Stephen Gerlach (fl. 1578) recorded that Pirot Christians claimed that the town was the earlier estate of
Miloš Obilić, the slayer of
Sultan Murad at Kosovo. He also noted that Pirot was a significant place in
Bulgaria
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. In 1659, Austrian deputy August von Mayern visited the town and described it as "''Schiarchici'', a town called by the Orthodox as Pirot, but is not surrounded by walls and inhabited by Turks and
Rascians" (Rasciani according to the author were even the citizens of
Sofia
Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...
,
Ihtiman etc.). In 1664, Austrian deputy Leslie and English nobleman John Burberry visited the town, the latter noting that there were three churches, one of which was earlier
Dominican. In 1688 Ottoman renegade Yegen Pasha resided in the town.
During the
Great Turkish War
The Great Turkish War () or The Last Crusade, also called in Ottoman sources The Disaster Years (), was a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League (1684), Holy League consisting of the Holy Roman Empire, Polish–Lith ...
, after taking Niš on 25 September 1689, Austrian general Piccolomini with his army of Serb volunteers and some Germans chased Turks towards Sofia. Arriving at Pirot, the town was empty of Turks, and he reported that the town was in flames and some parts in ash. In August 1690 a large Ottoman army took Pirot, defended only by 100 Germans, and then besieged Niš, taking it after three weeks. Hungarian detachments retreating via
Temska ravaged the monastery and terrorized the surrounding population, as inscribed by a priest on the church walls. That year, many locals fled northwards with Patriarch
Arsenije III.
During the
Austro-Turkish War (1737–39) the Austrian army took Pirot on 23 July 1737. In 1739, upon Ottoman return, the town was burnt down and its churches destroyed (one transformed into a mosque). 140 houses were burnt down which is evidence that
hajduks of the region participated. Many locals from the region fled northwards with Patriarch
Arsenije IV.
The first known literary monument, influenced by
Torlakian dialects is the Manuscript from
Temska Monastery from 1762, in which its author, the Monk
Kiril Zhivkovich from Pirot, considered his language as "simple Bulgarian".
[Василев, В.П. Темският ръкопис – български езиков паметник от 1764 г, Paleobulgarica, IX (1986), кн. 1, с. 49-72]
In 1768, the town is described as half in ruins. From 1761 to 1878, Pirot was the seat of the Metropolitan of Nišava.

In 1806, during the
First Serbian Uprising
The First Serbian Uprising (; sr-Cyrl, Први српски устанак; ) was an uprising of Serbs in Orašac (Aranđelovac), Orašac against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February 1804 to 7 October 1813. The uprising began as a local revolt ...
(1804–13),
Hajduk-Veljko attacked
Bela Palanka
Bela Palanka (Serbian Cyrillic: Бела Паланка, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pirot District of southeastern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the population of the town is 7,140, and the population of the municipality i ...
.
Ibrahim Pasha, unable to enter Serbia cross
Aleksinac
Aleksinac ( sr-Cyrl, Алексинац) is a town and municipality located in the Nišava District of Southern and Eastern Serbia, southern Serbia. According to 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 43,258 inhabitants.
History
Preh ...
and
Deligrad, planned to attack from Pirot and Lom with the intent to clash with the Serbian army before Niš; the Serbian army went to stop this and defeated him in the mountains between Pirot,
Knjaževac
Knjaževac ( sr-cyr, Књажевац, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zaječar District of the Southern and Eastern Serbia, eastern Serbia. As of 2022, the municipality has a population of 25,341 inhabitants, while the town has 16,350 ...
and
Chiprovtsi. Rebel leaders from Pirot included Mita and Marinko, who were tasked to defend the border towards Pirot (in Ottoman hands). After the
Serbian Revolution
The Serbian Revolution ( / ') was a national uprising and constitutional change in Serbia that took place between 1804 and 1835, during which this territory evolved from an Sanjak of Smederevo, Ottoman province into a Revolutionary Serbia, reb ...
, some of the population in the area migrated to avoid Ottoman retribution. It was estimated in 1836 that there were 6–8,000 inhabitants.
Carpetry was the main occupation, there were many shops and cafés in the centre, the population was mixed, and it was the domain of the sister of the Sultan. On 24 May 1836 a
rebellion broke out in the town, which was suppressed by early June, and then another one broke out in August, also unsuccessful. The rebels corresponded with Prince Miloš Obrenović. The
Niš Uprising (1841), which included the Pirot area, was also suppressed by the Ottomans. In 1846–1864 Pirot was administratively part of the
Niš Eyalet. During this period, in 1863, first branch of
Ziraat Bank, largest bank of modern Turkey specializing in agricultural banking, was opened in Pirot. With the establishment of the
Bulgarian Exarchate in 1870 Pirot was the part of the .
Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui, traveling across Bulgaria in 1841, describes the population of the
Sanjak of Niš as Bulgarians. In the 19th century
Johann Georg von Hahn stated that the Christian population of Pirot is Bulgarian.
Philipp Kanitz claimed that some inhabitants "Did not imagine that six years later the cursed Turkish rule in their city would end, and even less, because they always felt that they are Bulgarians, that they would belong to the Principality of Serbia".
During the
Exodus of Muslims from Serbia in 1862, some Turkish families moved from Belgrade to Pirot.
In 1877. The urban population of Pirot consisted of 29,741 Christian and 5,772 Muslim males, with total number of 3,000 Serbian houses and 400 Muslim houses. However, after the Serbian-Ottoman war in 1878 the population of Pirot changed via emigration process of Muslim population. In 1884. Pirot had 77,922 inhabitants, 76,545 being Serbs and 36 Turks.
[ para. 6. "A large decrease in the number of Muslims is noticed also in Pirot : from 6,8 % to 0,36 %."; para. 23, 30, 49.]
Modern history

On 16 December 1877, during the
Serbian-Ottoman War (1876–1877), the Serbian army entered Pirot. This raised a conflict between the Serbian authorities and the local Bulgarian citizens led by , the bishop of the
Bulgarian Exarchate's Nishava eparchy.
[История на България, том седми - Възстановяване и утвърждаване на Българската държава. Национално-освободителни борби /1878-1903/, София, 1991, с. 421-423.] Pirot and its region were part of liberated
Bulgaria
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according to
Treaty of San Stefano. The
Treaty of Berlin (1878)
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saw Pirot and
Vranje
Vranje ( sr-Cyrl, Врање, ) is a city in Southern Serbia and the administrative center of the Pčinja District. According to the 2022 census, the city itself has a population of 55,214 while the city administrative area has 74,381 inhabitan ...
ceded to Serbia. A part of the local Bulgarians left the town and settled in
Bulgaria
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.
The 1879 Serbian regional population census registered that Pirot had a population of 76,892 people, and 11,005 households. It was temporarily occupied by the Bulgarian army after the
Serbo-Bulgarian War, between 15 November and 15 December 1885
.S. During
World War I
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,
the Bulgarian army entered Pirot on 14 October 1915 and occupied the city as well as the whole
Pomoravlje region.
In the
Interwar period
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, the
Internal Western Outland Revolutionary Organization engaged in repeated attacks against the
Yugoslav police and
army
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. From 1929 to 1941, Pirot was part of the
Morava Banovina of the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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. During
World War II
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Bulgaria occupied the so-called
Western Outlands, as well as Pirot and
Vranje
Vranje ( sr-Cyrl, Врање, ) is a city in Southern Serbia and the administrative center of the Pčinja District. According to the 2022 census, the city itself has a population of 55,214 while the city administrative area has 74,381 inhabitan ...
. After the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, these regions were returned to Yugoslavia. After the
dissolution of Yugoslavia
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, these areas remained within the Serbian state.
Pirot was granted city status in February 2016.
Settlements
Aside from the city of Pirot itself, the city territory covers over 70 settlements:
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Bazovik
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Barje Čiflik
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Basara
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Bela
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Berilovac
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Berovica
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Blato
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Brlog
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Velika Lukanja
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Veliki Jovanovac
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Veliki Suvodol
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Veliko Selo
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Visočka Ržana
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Vlasi
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Vojnegovac
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Vranište
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Gnjilan
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Gornja Držina
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Gostuša
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Gradašnica
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Gradište
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Dobri Do
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Dojkinci
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Držina
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Zaskovci
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Izvor
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Jalbotina
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Jelovica
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Kamik
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Mukluks may be worn over an inner boot liner ...
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Koprivštica
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Kostur
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Krupac
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Kumanovo
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Mali Jovanovac
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Mali Suvodol
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Milojkovac
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Mirkovci
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Nišor
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Novi Zavoj
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Obrenovac
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Oreovica
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Orlja
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Osmakovo
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Pakleštica
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Pasjač
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Petrovac
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Planinica
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Pokrevenik
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Poljska Ržana
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Ponor
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Prisjan
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Ragodeš
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Rasnica
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Rosomač
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Rsovci
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Rudinje
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Sinja Glava
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Slavinja
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Sopot
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Srećkovac
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Staničenje
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Sukovo
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Temska
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Topli Do
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Trnjana
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Cerev Del
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Cerova
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Crvenčevo
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Crnoklište
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Činiglavci
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Šugrin
Demographics
According to the 2022 census results, the municipality of Pirot has a population of 49,601, while the settlement proper has a population of 34,942.
Ethnic groups
The ethnic composition of the municipality:
Culture
Notable brands of Pirot include the
Pirot carpet,
Pirot opanak,
Pirot cheese, and
ironed sausage.
Tourist attractions
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Pirot Fortress, dating to the 14th-century
Serbian Empire
The Serbian Empire ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српско царство, Srpsko carstvo, separator=" / ", ) was a medieval Serbian state that emerged from the Kingdom of Serbia. It was established in 1346 by Dušan the Mighty, who significantly expande ...
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Temska Monastery, 16th-century Orthodox monastery
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Zavoj Lake
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National Park Old Mountain
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Mountain home
Economy
On the territory of the city of Pirot operates tire manufacturer
Tigar Tyres which is one of top Serbian exporters in the period from 2013 to 2017. As of September 2017, Pirot has one of 14
free economic zone
A free-trade zone (FTZ) is a class of special economic zone. It is a geographic area where goods may be imported, stored, handled, manufactured, or reconfigured and re- exported under specific customs regulation and generally not subjec ...
s established in Serbia.
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):
Gallery
File:Pirot Fortress - 3.jpg, ''Southeastern walls of Pirot Fortress''
File:1900 Pirot.jpg, ''Postcard from Pirot in 1900''
File:Pirot Town Hall.jpg, ''The District Hall''
File:Pirot central area.jpg, ''The central pedestrian area in the city''
File:Pirot Courthouse.jpg, ''The courthouse in Pirot''
File:Pirot Employment Service building.jpg, ''The National Employment Service building in Pirot''
File:NisavaPirot.JPG, '' Nišava River in Pirot''
File:Church of the Nativity of Christ - Pirot.jpg, '' Church of the Nativity of Christ''
Notable people
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Dragutin Gostuški, Serbian composer, musicologist and art historian
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Dobrosav Živković, illustrator and caricaturist (and first cousin of
Miroslav Krstic Miroslav may refer to:
* Miroslav (given name)
Miroslav (Cyrillic script: Мирослав) is a Slavic names, Slavic masculine given name. It is derived from the Slavic elements ''mirŭ'' ("peace, world") and ''slava'' ("glory"), thus meaning ' ...
)
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Miroslav Krstic Miroslav may refer to:
* Miroslav (given name)
Miroslav (Cyrillic script: Мирослав) is a Slavic names, Slavic masculine given name. It is derived from the Slavic elements ''mirŭ'' ("peace, world") and ''slava'' ("glory"), thus meaning ' ...
, university professor in the United States, member of
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (; , SANU) is a national academy and the most prominent academic institution in Serbia, founded in 1841 as Society of Serbian Letters (, DSS).
The Academy's membership has included Nobel Prize, Nobel la ...
(and first cousin of
Dobrosav Živković)
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Zoran Đorđević, football manager
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Svetislav Pešić
Svetislav "Kari" Pešić ( sr-Cyrl, Светислав "Кари" Пешић; born 28 August 1949) is a Serbian professional basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Serbia men's national team.
Playing career
During his club ...
, basketball coach and former player
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Nikola Đurđić, Serbian football player
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Krastyo Krastev, writer and translator, notable as the first Bulgarian
literary critic
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References
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