Aleksinac

Aleksinac (Serbian Cyrillic: Алексинац) is a town which is a center of Aleksinac Municipality, located in the Nišava District of Serbia. In 2002, the population of the town was 17,171, while population of the municipality was 57,749.

Main industry in Aleksinac is metal industry, but large parts of municipality consists of arable land near the Morava river that is used for grain, maize аnd peppers. Coal industry was also dominant before fire accident in November 1989.

Municipality of Aleksinac is rich in natural resources, especially in black coal, bitumen schist, gravel, sand and limestone.

The town has two elementary schools, "Ljupče Nikolić" and "Vozd Karadjordje" (former name "Aca Milojević" changed in 2004), High (Grammar) School "Aleksinačka gimnazija" (former name was "Drakče Milovanović", but it was changed in 2004), Technical High School " Prota Stevan Dimitrijevic", and College for Kindergarten Teachers. The construction of the building for Agricultural High School has started in 2006. The school is now using Technical High School Facilities. Aleksinac also has a school for children with special needs "Smeh i Suza", and Elementary Music School "Vladimir Djordjevic".

Lake Bovan, situated 15 km from Aleksinac centre, is a place popular for tourists. The medieval monastery from XV century built by Despot Stefan Lazarević, St. Stefan in Lipovac, is 25 km from the city. The monastery is built beneath the slopes of Mt. Ozren (1175 m). There is also remnants of two medieval towns in the mountains surrounding Aleksinac: Bovan and Lipovac, however they are not well preserved.