Sopot (, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2022 census results, the town has a population of 1,956 inhabitants while the municipality has 19,126 inhabitants.

Location

Sopot is located on the slopes of the Kosmaj mountain, south of Belgrade. The mountain is some away from the town.

History

thumb|right|Mural of Sofest

The area has remains from Roman period. There is a masonry drinking fountain in Sopot, for which the Roman stones from some now disappeared structure were used.

Characteristics

Since 1972, an annual film festival "Sofest" has been held in Sopot. It is held in July, in the town's Culture Hall.

According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Sopot has a population of 20,367 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

The ethnic composition of the municipality:

{|class="wikitable"

|-

! Ethnic group

! Population

!%

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Serbs||align="right"|19,554

|96.01 %

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Romani||align="right"|148

|0.73 %

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Montenegrins||align="right"|52

|0.26 %

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Macedonians||align="right"|37

|0.18 %

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Croats||align="right"|34

|0.17 %

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Yugoslavs||align="right"|31

|0.15 %

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Russians||align="right"|14

|0.07 %

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Hungarians||align="right"|13

|0.06 %

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Romanians||align="right"|10

|0.05 %

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Others||align="right"|474

|2.33 %

|-

|style="background:#F0F0F0;"|Total||align="right"|20,367

|100 %

|}

Economy

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2022):

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"

|-

! Activity

! Total

|-

|Agriculture, forestry and fishing||align="right"|25

|-

|Mining and quarrying||align="right"|2

|-

|Manufacturing||align="right"|1,355

|-

|Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply||align="right"|35

|-

|Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities||align="right"|117

|-

|Construction||align="right"|477

|-

|Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles||align="right"|518

|-

|Transportation and storage||align="right"|241

|-

|Accommodation and food services||align="right"|216

|-

|Information and communication||align="right"|68

|-

|Financial and insurance activities||align="right"|51

|-

|Real estate activities||align="right"|15

|-

|Professional, scientific and technical activities||align="right"|191

|-

|Administrative and support service activities||align="right"|68

|-

|Public administration and defense; compulsory social security||align="right"|152

|-

|Education||align="right"|337

|-

|Human health and social work activities||align="right"|284

|-

|Arts, entertainment and recreation||align="right"|44

|-

|Other service activities||align="right"|83

|-

|Individual agricultural workers||align="right"|135

|- class="sortbottom"

|Total||align="right"|4,416

|}

There are two game hunting grounds in the municipality: Trešnja, which extends into the Voždovac municipality, and Kosmaj, on the mountain of the same name.

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File:Wiki Šumadija IX Sopot, Belgrade 180.jpg|Sopot town center

File:Dom kulture Sopot.jpg|Dom kulture Sopot

File:Sopot - Stari han 01.jpg|"Stari han" Sopot

File:Wiki Šumadija IX Sopot, Belgrade 163.jpg|Economics High School

File:Monastery Tresije.JPG|Monastery Tresije

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See also

  • Subdivisions of Belgrade
  • List of Belgrade neighborhoods and suburbs

References