Aranđelovac is a town and a municipality located in the Šumadija District of central Serbia. By the prince's decree, the growing community surrounding the church proclaimed the town of Aranđelovac "The town of Archangel" in 1859, occupying major parts of territories of villages Vrbica and Bukovik. By the same decree, the prince ordered the establishment of the spa of Bukovička Banja.

Though the town itself is a 19th-century settlement, the area has been inhabited for a long time. The Paleolithic site of Risovača Cave is located at the entrance of the town. On the eastern slope of the Venčac mountain, there is a locality of Dizljak, which belongs to the Neolithic Vinča culture.