Novi Kneževac

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Novi Kneževac
Нови Кнежевац
Location of Novi Kneževac within Serbia
Location of Novi Kneževac within Serbia
Coordinates: 46°03′N 20°06′E / 46.05, 20.1
Country Serbia
District North Banat
Settlements 9
Government
 - Mayor Predrag Veličković (SRS)
Area [1]
 - Municipality 305 km² (117.8 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)[2]
 - Total 7,581
 - Municipality 12,975
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code {{{postal_code}}}
Car plates KI
Area code +381 230
Website: http://23330
The Orthodox church
The Orthodox church
The Saint George Martyr Catholic Church
The Saint George Martyr Catholic Church

Novi Kneževac (Нови Кнежевац) is a town and municipality in the North Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 7,567, while Novi Kneževac municipality has 12,952 inhabitants (2002 census).

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[edit] Name

The name of the town derived from the Serbian word "knez" ("prince" in English), and the full meaning of the name in English would be "the new place of the prince".

In Serbian, the town is known as Novi Kneževac or Нови Кнежевац, in Romanian as Noul Cnezat, in Hungarian as Törökkanizsa, in Croatian as Novi Kneževac, and in German as Neu-Kanischa.

[edit] Inhabited places

Novi Kneževac municipality includes the town of Novi Kneževac, which is on the Tisa River, and eight villages. The villages are:

[edit] Demographics (2002 census)

[edit] Ethnic groups in the municipality

The population of the Novi Kneževac municipality is composed of:

[edit] Settlements by ethnic majority

The places with Serb ethnic majority are: Novi Kneževac, Banatsko Aranđelovo, Siget, Filić, Srpski Krstur, Đala and Podlokanj. The two villages with Hungarian ethnic majority are: Majdan (Hungarian: Magyarmajdány) and Rabe (Hungarian: Rábé). Villages with over 20% Hungarians are: Filić, Banatsko Aranđelovo, and Siget.

[edit] Ethnic groups in the town

The population of the Novi Kneževac town is composed of:

[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 Novi Kneževac municipality: [2]

[edit] See also

[edit] External links


Municipalities and cities of Serbia