Bečej

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Bečej
Бечеј
Óbecse
Coat of arms of Bečej
Coat of arms
Location of Bečej within Serbia
Location of Bečej within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°37′N 20°02′E / 45.617, 20.033
Country Serbia
District South Bačka
Settlements 5
Government
 - Mayor Dušan Jovanović
Area [1]
 - Municipality 487 km² (188 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)[2]
 - Total 25,774
 - Municipality 40,987
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 21220
Car plates NS
Area code +381 21
Website: http://www.becej.co.yu
Town hall
Town hall
Serbian Orthodox Church.
Serbian Orthodox Church.

Bečej (Serbian: Бечеј or Bečej, Hungarian: Óbecse, Rusin: Бечей, Croatian: Bečej, German: Altbetsche, Romanian: Becei) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 25,703, while Bečej municipality has 40,877 inhabitants.

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[edit] History

Bečej was mentioned first in 1091 and later in 1238, in which is mentioned under Hungarian name Becse. In the 15th century (from 1419 to 1441) it was a possession of the Serbian despot Đurađ Branković. In the [17th century] the settlement was populated by new colonists who ran away from the Turkish conquest, mainly by ethnic Serbs from the South. Between 1702 and 1751, the town belonged to the Tisa-Mureş section of the Habsburg Military Frontier. After the abolishment of this part of the Frontier in 1751, many Serbs that lived in the town emigrated to Russia (notably to New Serbia and Slavo-Serbia). To prevent this emigration, the Habsburg authorities formed autonomous District of Potisje with seat in Bečej. District of Potisje existed between 1751 and 1848. The three privilegies were given to the district in 1759, 1774, and 1800. First privilege of the District defined its autonomous status, while the second one allowed ethnic Hungarians to settle in the district. In the following period many Hungarians settled in Bečej and they replaced Serbs as a dominant nation in the town. According to the 1910 census, the population of Bečej municipality numbered 54,275 people, of whom 30,465 spoke Hungarian and 22,821 Serbian.

Since 1918, Bečej was part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and subsequent South Slavic states. During the Hungarian Axis occupation, in 1942 raid, 215 inhabitants of the town were murdered, of whom 111 were men, 72 women, 13 children, and 19 old people. By nationality, victims included 110 Jews, 102 Serbs, and 1 Hungarian. In 1944 october 9. raid, about 500 inhabitants (mainly Hungarians, and Germans) of the town were murdered by Serbian partisans. The Serbians demolished the synagogue after the war. The town also had small ethnic German population, which was relocated from the area after World War II, as a consequence of the war events, and of a Serbian retribution.

[edit] Inhabited places

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

Note: For the inhabited places with absolute or relative Hungarian ethnic majority, the names are also given in Hungarian.

[edit] Demographics (2002 census)

Bečej is an ethnically mixed town and municipality.

[edit] Ethnic groups in the Bečej municipality

(*) Total number of South Slavs (Serbs, Yugoslavs, Croats, and Montenegrins) that live in the municipality is 18,568 (45.30%).

[edit] Settlements by ethnic majority

Settlements with a Hungarian ethnic majority are: Bačko Petrovo Selo (Hungarian: Péterréve) and Mileševo (Hungarian: Istenföldje). There is one settlement with a Serb ethnic majority: Radičević. Two settlements: Bečej (Hungarian: Óbecse) and Bačko Gradište (Hungarian: Bácsföldvár) are ethnically mixed, with the largest ethnic group there being the Hungarians.

[edit] Ethnic groups in the Bečej town

(*) Total number of South Slavs (Serbs, Yugoslavs, Croats, and Montenegrins) that live in the town is 12,475 (48.40%).

[edit] Languages in the Bečej municipality

Languages spoken in the Bečej municipality include:

[edit] Historical population of the town

  • 1961: 24,963
  • 1971: 26,722
  • 1981: 27,102
  • 1991: 26,634

[edit] Politics

[edit] 2004 elections

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

[edit] 2008 elections

Results of 2008 local elections in Bečej municipality: [2]

  • Hungarian Coalition - Pastor Ištvan - Šandor Pal (29.63%)
  • Movement for Bečej - Dušan Jovanović (17.98%)
  • For a European municipality of Bečej - Boris Tadić - Budislav Medurić (16.97%)
  • Serbian unity for Bečej - Dragan Živkov (15.06%)
  • "Like one house" - Goran Sadžakov (5.25%)

[edit] Notable people

[edit] Twin cities

The Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church

The Saint Anthony Padovanian Catholic Church

[edit] References

  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
  • Zvonimir Golubović, Racija u južnoj Bačkoj 1942. godine, Novi Sad, 1991.
  • Jovan Mirosavljević, Brevijar ulica Novog Sada 1745-2001, Novi Sad, 2002.

[edit] Footnontes

  1. ^ Municipalities of Serbia, 2006. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.
  2. ^ (2003) Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima (in Serbian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. ISBN 86-84443-00-09. 

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Seat of the district: City of Novi Sad
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Bački Petrovac: Gložan • Kulpin • Maglić
Bečej: Bačko Gradište • Bačko Petrovo Selo • Mileševo • Radičević
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