Belgrade

Serbia

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. According to the 2022 census, the population of Belgrade city proper stands at 1,197,114, its contiguous urban area has 1,298,661 inhabitants, while the population of the city's administrative area totals 1,682,720 people.

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Country: Serbia
Population: 1,099,000
Latitude: 44.82° N
Longitude: 20.47° E

Which way is Belgrade from…

From Paris, Belgrade lies at 101° to the east, 1,445 km as the crow flies.

Paris	101° east	1,445 km
London	108° east	1,691 km
New York	51° north-east	7,261 km
Madrid	68° east	2,029 km
Rome	61° north-east	721 km
Montreal	53° north-east	6,906 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	335° north-west	8,121 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Montreal and Belgrade share the same latitude. From Montreal, a flat map would therefore have you aim due east, at 91°; the compass says 53°, north-east. From London, Serbia’s capital lies east, at 108°, 1,691 km away. A nearby landmark: Bucharest sits on that latitude too.