Melenci

Melenci (Меленци) (Hungarian: Melence) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 6,737 people (2002 census).^[1] The brackish water lake of Okanj is nearby.

Historical population

• 1961: 8,254
• 1971: 8,008
• 1981: 7,685
• 1991: 7,270
• 2002: 6,737
• 2011: 5,956

Sports

FK Rusanda Melenci is the local football club. It was founded in 1925.

Trivia

Rusanda Spa is located on the territory of Melenci.^[2]

There is an abandoned Windmill at the road to Kikinda. It is one of the last two windmills left in Banat.

See also

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

References

External links

• Official presentation of the village (in Serbian)