Novi Bečej

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Нови Бечеј
Novi Bečej
Location in Serbia
Location of Novi Bečej within Serbia
General Information
District Central Banat
Land area 609 km²
Population
(2002 census)		 14,452 (town)
26,924 (municipality)
Settlements 4
Coordinates 45°36′N, 20°07′E
Area code +381 23
Car plates ZR
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
CEST (UTC+2)
Website http://www.novibecej.org.yu
Politics
Mayor Aleksandar Đukičin
The Orthodox church.
The Orthodox church.

Novi Bečej (Нови Бечеј) is a town and municipality in Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 14,406, while Novi Bečej municipality has 26,881 inhabitants.

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[edit] Name

Its name means "new Bečej". In the past it was known simply as "Bečej", while the current town of Bečej, across the river Tisa, was in the past known as "Stari Bečej" ("old Bečej") and today is known as "Bečej".

In Serbian, the town is known as Нови Бечеј or Novi Bečej, in Hungarian as Törökbecse, in Croatian as Novi Bečej, and in German as Neu-Betsche.

[edit] History

The town was first mentioned in 1091. In the 15th century, it was a possession of the Serbian despot Đurađ Branković. During the Ottoman rule (in 1660/6), it was populated by ethnic Serbs. Since 1918, it is part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and subsequent South Slavic states.

[edit] Inhabited places

Novi Bečej municipality includes the town of Novi Bečej and the following villages:

[edit] Demographics (2002 census)

[edit] Ethnic groups in the Novi Bečej municipality

All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority.

[edit] Ethnic groups in the Novi Bečej town

[edit] Historical population of the town

  • 1961: 16,378
  • 1971: 16,075
  • 1981: 16,091
  • 1991: 15,404
  • 2002: 14,452

[edit] References

  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

[edit] Gallery

The Catholic church.

The Saint Clare of Assisi Catholic Church.

Ruins of the medieval Catholic church of Arač (Aracs) near Novi Bečej.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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