Plandište

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Plandište
Пландиште
Coat of arms of Plandište
Coat of arms
Location of Plandište within Serbia
Location of Plandište within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°14′N 21°07′E / 45.233, 21.117
Country Serbia
District South Banat
Settlements 14
Government
 - Mayor Zoran Vorkapić
Area [1]
 - Municipality 383 km² (147.9 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)[2]
 - Total 4,270
 - Municipality 13,377
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 26360
Car plates
Area code +381 13
Website: http://www.plandiste.com/
The new Orthodox Church
The new Orthodox Church

Plandište (Пландиште) is a village and municipality in South Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 4,248, while Plandište municipality has 13,355 inhabitants.

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[edit] Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Пландиште or Plandište, in Romanian as Plandişte, in Hungarian as Zichyfalva, and in German as Zichydorf.

The name of the village derived from the word "plandovati" used in the local Serbian dialect, which in modern standard Serbian means "odmarati", and in English means "rest".

[edit] Inhabited places

Plandište municipality includes the following villages:

[edit] Population

Historical population of the village:

Year 1869 1880 1890 1900 1910 1921 1931 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981
Total 2,937 2,636 3,128 3,192 2,846 3,120 3,281 3,040 3,096 3,509 3,769 4,122

[edit] Ethnic groups

[edit] Ethnic groups in the municipality

[edit] Settlements by ethnic majority

Settlements with Serb ethnic majority are: Plandište, Banatski Sokolac, Velika Greda, Veliki Gaj, Dužine, Kupinik, Laudonovac, Markovićevo, Miletićevo, and Stari Lec. The settlement with Romanian ethnic majority is Barice. The settlement with Hungarian ethnic majority is Jermenovci. Ethnically mixed settlement with relative Serb majority is Margita. Ethnically mixed settlement with relative Slovak majority is Hajdučica.

[edit] Ethnic groups in the village

Year Total Serbs Macedonians Yugoslavs Hungarians Romanians Slovaks Montenegrins Unknown
1991 4,380 54.84% 23.69% 9.2% 5.57% 1.57% 0.82% 0.66% 3.65%
2002 4,270 59.46% 21.31% 3.93% 5.69% 1.7% 0.96% 0.42% 6.53%

[edit] See also

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Municipalities and cities of Serbia