Vrbas (town)

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Врбас
Vrbas

Location in Serbia
General Information
District	South Bačka
Land area	376 km²
Population (2002 census)	25,907 (town) 45,852 (municipality)
Settlements	7
Coordinates	45°34′N 19°39′E
Area code	+381 21
Car plates	NS
Time zone	CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2)
Website	http://www.vrbas.net
Politics
Mayor	Željko Lainović

Vrbas (Врбас) is a city located in Serbia at 45.57° N 19.65° E, in the South Bačka District in the province of Vojvodina. In 2002 the city had a total population of 25,887, while the municipality had 45,839.

Contents 1 Name 2 History 3 Inhabited places 4 Demographics (2002 census) 4.1 Ethnic groups in the Vrbas municipality 4.2 Settlements by ethnic majority 4.3 Ethnic groups in the Vrbas town 4.4 Languages in the Vrbas municipality 5 Historical population of the town 6 Politics 7 References 8 See also 9 External links

[edit] Name

Its name stems from the word "Willow" in the Serbian language. During the SFRY period, the town was renamed Titov Vrbas (meaning "the Vrbas of Tito"), after Josip Broz Tito. Like all other towns in Socialist Yugoslavia named after Tito, the first part was dropped once the new states were formed during the early 1990's.

In Rusyn, the town is known as Вербас, in Hungarian as Verbász, in Croatian as Vrbas, and in German as Werbass.

[edit] History

Vrbas was mentioned first in 1665. In this time, it belonged to the Ottoman Empire and was populated by ethnic Serbs. Since the end of the 17th century, Vrbas belonged to the Habsburg Monarchy, and after 1784 many Germans settled in the town. In 1918, Vrbas became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed to Yugoslavia). As a consequence of the World War II events in Yugoslavia, German population fled from the town after this war. In the same time, many settlers from Montenegro came to Vrbas and other neighbouring places.

[edit] Inhabited places

Vrbas municipality includes the city of Vrbas and the following villages:

• Bačko Dobro Polje
• Zmajevo
• Kosančić
• Kucura
• Ravno Selo
• Savino Selo

[edit] Demographics (2002 census)

[edit] Ethnic groups in the Vrbas municipality

• Serbs (47.77%)
• Montenegrins (24.79%)
• Rusyns (8.21%)
• Hungarians (6.29%)
• Ukrainians (2.12%)
• Yugoslavs (1.47%)
• Croats (1.43%)

[edit] Settlements by ethnic majority

Settlements with Serb ethnic majority are: Bačko Dobro Polje, Zmajevo, Kosančić, and Ravno Selo. Ethnically mixed settlements are: Vrbas (with relative Serb majority), Kucura (with relative Rusyn majority), and Savino Selo (with relative Montenegrin majority).

[edit] Ethnic groups in the Vrbas town

• Serbs (41.19%)
• Montenegrins (30.05%)
• Hungarians (7.73%)
• Rusyns (5.71%)
• Ukrainians (2.88%)
• Yugoslavs (2.04%)
• Croats (1.65%)

[edit] Languages in the Vrbas municipality

According to the 2002 census, 85% of inhabitants of the Vrbas municipality speak Serbian as mother tongue. Other spoken languages include Rusyn (8%), Hungarian (4%) and Ukrainian (1%).

[edit] Historical population of the town

• 1961: 19,316
• 1971: 22,496
• 1981: 25,143
• 1991: 25,858

[edit] Politics

Seats in the municipal parliament won in the 2004 local elections: [1]

• Serbian Radical Party (14)
• Democratic Party (9)
• Socialist Party of Serbia (4)
• People's Democratic Party (2)
• Democratic Party of Serbia (2)
• New socialdemocracy of Vojvodina (2)
• Serbian Strength Movement (2)
• G17 Plus (1)

[edit] References

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

[edit] See also

• South Bačka District
• Bačka
• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

[edit] External links

• Vrbas

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