Svileuva () is a village, located in the Koceljeva municipality, in

Mačva District The Mačva District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It lies in the western part of Serbia, in the geographical regions of Mačva, Podrinje, Posavina, and Pocerina. According to the 2022 census, it has a population of 265,3 ...

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. In 2011, the population of the village was 1,464. Serbia Koceljeva

History

The Svileuva area was first mentioned by Roman sources from I to IV A.D. in the

Sirmium Sirmium was a city in the Roman province of Pannonia, located on the Sava river, on the site of modern Sremska Mitrovica in the Vojvodina autonomous province of Serbia. First mentioned in the 4th century BC and originally inhabited by Illyrians ...

district. Svileuva is a significant archaeology site from the Roman imperial period. 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 ...

, 21,000 Roman coins were discovered in one excavation. Svileuva was an important city in the Serbian Uprisings, where the Serbs defeated an Ottoman faction.

Historical population

*1948: 2,734 *1953: 2,897 *1961: 2,875 *1971: 2,589 *1981: 2,462 *1991: 2,274 *2002: 1,807''In 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, *2011: 1,464

History

Historical population

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