Novi Bečej

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Novi Bečej Нови Бечеј
Location of Novi Bečej within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°36′N 20°07′E / 45.6, 20.117
Country	Serbia
District	Central Banat
Settlements	4
Government
- Mayor	Aleksandar Đukičin
Area [1]
- Municipality	609 km² (235.1 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)[2]
- Total	14,452
- Municipality	26,924
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	23272
Car plates	ZR
Area code	+381 23
Website: http://www.novibechej.com

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

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.

[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. Ottomans managed her as "Beçe" between 1552-1718. Since 1918, it is part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and subsequent South Slavic states except Hungarian occupation between 1941-1944.

[edit] Inhabited places

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

• Bočar
• Kumane
• Novo Miloševo

[edit] Demographics (2002 census)

[edit] Ethnic groups in the Novi Bečej municipality

• Serbs (69.94%)
• Hungarians (19.22%)
• Roma (3.59%)
• Yugoslavs (2.1%)

All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority.

[edit] Ethnic groups in the Novi Bečej town

• Serbs (61.36%)
• Hungarians (26.63%)
• Roma (2.68%)
• Yugoslavs (2.44%)

[edit] Historical population of the town

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

[edit] Twin cities

• Mezőtúr, Hungary

[edit] References

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

[edit] Gallery

The Orthodox church.

Torokbe1.jpg The Catholic church.

The Saint Clare of Assisi Catholic Church.

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• more about Novi Bečej
• Bečej and Novi Bečej
• Novi Bečej

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