VALYEVO (sometimes written Valjevo or Valievo)  , a town of western Servia, prettily situated on the river Kolubara, in a well-wooded valley, 627 ft. above the sea . Valyevo gives its name to the department of which it is the capital . It is a garrison town, with streets lighted by electricity, a high-school or gymnasium, a prefecture and a court of first instance . In the neighbouring Medvenik mountains lead-mining and smelting are carried on by an English company; lead and antimony being also worked at Podgora and other places in the same department . Besides being the centre of the plum-growing and distilling industries, Valyevo has a considerable trade in cattle, for which the pastures watered by the Kolubara are celebrated . Pcp (1900) about 6800 .