Čantavir

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The Saint Anthony Padovanian Catholic Church.
The Saint Anthony Padovanian Catholic Church.

Čantavir (Serbian: Čantavir or Чантавир, Hungarian: Csantavér, Croatian: Čantavir, Bunjevac: Čantavir) is the largest village with Hungarian ethnic majority in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated in the municipality of Subotica, North Bačka District. The population of the village is 7,178 (2002 census). The main occupation of the villagers is agriculture and stock breeding.

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[edit] Historical population

  • 1921: 8,969
  • 1931: 11,287
  • 1948: 9,397
  • 1953: 9,262
  • 1961: 9,341
  • 1971: 9,085
  • 1981: 8,596
  • 1991: 7,940

[edit] School and culture

There is an elementary school in Čantavir named "Narodni Heroji" (in Serbian) or "Néphősök" (in Hungarian), meaning "National Heroes" in English. This school have had a very famous children choir conducted by Éva Gubena music teacher [1] (she got the prize "Sparkle of culture" at year 2001 st.). At year 1995th, some young people, previous members of famous children choir (Bodor/ Huszár/ Melinda, Barkóci/ Juhász/ Szilvia, Pósa/ Faragó/ Gabriella, Sándor/ Pósa/ Csilla, Poljaković/ Zabos/ Marianna) started a ladies choir 'Primavera' under conduction of Éva Gubena. Since 1996 Primavera became a mixed voice chamber choir 'Musica Viva'. They tried to bring live music to the hearts of their audience on concerts, festivals and other events. On their programme there're a numerous compositions from all area of the history of music.

[edit] References

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

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Coordinates: 45°55′N, 19°46′E