Veliko Središte

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Veliko Središte
Велико Средиште
Village
A street in the village, the Orthodox church, and the typical motif from Vojvodinian villages: cows going home after daily pasture.

Coat of arms
Veliko Središte
Location of Veliko Središte within Serbia
Veliko Središte
Location of Veliko Središte within Vojvodina
Coordinates: 45°10′24″N 21°24′13″E / 45.17333°N 21.40361°E / 45.17333; 21.40361Coordinates: 45°10′24″N 21°24′13″E / 45.17333°N 21.40361°E / 45.17333; 21.40361
Country  Serbia
Province  Vojvodina
District South Banat
Elevation 121 m (397 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Veliko Središte 1,269
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 26334
Area code(s) +381(0)13
Car plates VŠ

Veliko Središte (Serbian Cyrillic: Велико Средиште) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Vršac municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province.


Demography

The village has a Serb ethnic majority(77.91%) and its population numbering 1,269 people (2011 census). There is a sizable number of ethnic Hungarians(7.38%), Czechs(4.25%), Romanians(2.38%) and other minorities as well as ethnically mixed families which is not uncommon in Vojvodina.

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Veliko Središte (Велико Средиште), in Hungarian as Nagyszered, in Romanian as Srediștea Mare, and in German as Groß-Sredischte.

Historical population

  • 1961: 2,120
  • 1971: 1,815
  • 1981: 1,698
  • 1991: 1,584
  • 2002: 1,340
  • 2011: 1,269

Gallery

  • The Queen of Rosary Catholic church.

References

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

See also

Cities, towns and villages in the South Banat District
Pančevo
Alibunar
Bela Crkva
Vršac
Kovačica
Kovin
Opovo
Plandište
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