Bačko Petrovo Selo

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Center of the village with the Catholic Church

Bačko Petrovo Selo (Serbian: Бачко Петрово Село or Bačko Petrovo Selo, Hungarian: Péterréve, Croatian: Bačko Petrovo Selo, German: Batschko Petrovo Selo) is a village located in the Bečej municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The population of the village is 7,318 people, including 5,175 Hungarians, 1,567 Serbs, and others.

1 Features
2 Culture
3 Economy
4 Education
5 Sport
6 Entertainment
7 See also

[edit] Features

In the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Bačko Petrovo Selo was the largest village in the whole country. ^{[citation needed]} The village is located on the right bank of the river Tisa. There are two monuments in the village dedicated to the people killed in the Second World War. Bačko Petrovo Selo had a very developed economy and agriculture, but is now faced with economic downfall and serious depopulation.

[edit] Culture

The Serbian Orthodox monastery "Uspenije Presvetle Bogorodice" is located near Bačko Petrovo Selo. It is an important landmark of the village. The monastery possess a well with a holy water that cure people from diseases. Every year, at the day of celebration of the monastery ("manastirska slava"), many people come to visit a monastery and take a holy water.

[edit] Economy

Bačko Petrovo Selo has a very developed economy and agriculture. It possess very rich and flat land with highly fertile soil. The village has two economical factories that are indebted to produce fruits and vegetables, which are later delivered to Bečej, to the vegetable factory "Flora".

Bačko Petrovo Selo also possess a farm of pigs. Cabbage that grows in Bačko Petrovo Selo is very appreciated in the country and there are some jokes in which the residents of the village are called the "cabbage men" or "cabbage patchs".

[edit] Education

Bačko Petrovo Selo possess a primary school "Samu Mihalj". The school is consisted of two parts, old building and new building. In the old building is education from one to four levels and in the new building is education from five to eight levels. The school also possess a school hall. The lectures are attended in both languages, Serbian and Hungarian. The both nations have a lectures in their own languages (See also the school web site).

[edit] Sport

Bačko Petrovo Selo has a football (soccer) and handball teams. Both teams are called "Jedinstvo".

[edit] Entertainment

Bačko Petrovo Selo possess several cafe bars and night clubs: "Rocky", "Markiza", "Di Caprio", "Seoski Disko", "SM restoran", "La Rossa", "Zanzibar" and "Lovac". These entertainment objects are mostly located in the center of the village or close to center. Also the parties are sometimes organised in the bush or wood near the bank of the river Tisa.