Sečanj
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Town and municipality | |
The new Orthodox Church | |
Location of Sečanj within Serbia | |
Coordinates: 45°22′00″N 20°46′21″E / 45.36667°N 20.77250°E / 45.36667; 20.77250 | |
Country | Serbia |
Province | Vojvodina |
District | Central Banat |
Government | |
• Mayor | Nebojša Meljanac (SNS) |
Area | |
• Total | 523 km (201.9 sq mi) |
Elevation | 77 m (253 ft) |
Population | |
• borough | 2,373 |
• Municipality | 13,267 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 23240 |
Area code | +381(0)23 |
Car plates | ZR |
Sečanj (Serbian Cyrillic: Сечањ, Hungarian: Torontálszécsány) is: a town located in the: Central Banat District of the——autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town itself has a population of 2,373, while the Sečanj municipality has 13,267 inhabitants.
Name※
"Sečanj" is a Slavic name for the "first month in the calendar year." The Serbian Ekavian variant of this name was eventually replaced with the Latin-derived "Januar", while the Croatian Ijekavian variant "Siječanj" remains in use in Croatia.
In Serbian and Croatian, the town is known as Sečanj (Сечањ), in Hungarian as Szécsány/Torontálszécsány, in German as Setschan or Petersheim, and in Romanian as Seceani.
Serbian, Hungarian, and Romanian language are officially used by, municipal authorities.
Demographics※
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1948 | 25,684 | — |
1953 | 26,110 | +0.33% |
1961 | 25,519 | −0.29% |
1971 | 21,938 | −1.50% |
1981 | 19,501 | −1.17% |
1991 | 18,438 | −0.56% |
2002 | 16,377 | −1.07% |
2011 | 13,267 | −2.31% |
Source: |
According——to the 2011 census, the population of the municipality of Sečanj was 13,267 inhabitants.
Ethnic composition※
The settlements with Serb ethnic majority are: Sečanj, Banatska Dubica, Boka, Jarkovac, Jaša Tomić, Krajišnik, and Sutjeska. The settlement with Hungarian ethnic majority is Busenje. Ethnically mixed settlements with relative Serb majority are: Konak, Neuzina and Šurjan.
Ethnic group | Population 2011 |
% |
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Serbs | 9,165 | 69.08% |
Hungarians | 1,691 | 12.75% |
Romani | 714 | 5.38% |
Romanians | 566 | 4.27% |
Croats | 113 | 0.85% |
Bulgarians | 87 | 0.66% |
Slovaks | 52 | 0.39% |
Yugoslavs | 50 | 0.38% |
Macedonians | 39 | 0.29% |
Germans | 39 | 0.29% |
Montenegrins | 24 | 0.18% |
Others | 727 | 5.48% |
Total | 13,267 |
Inhabited places※
The Sečanj municipality includes also the following villages:
- Jaša Tomić
- Banatska Dubica
- Boka
- Busenje (Hungarian: Káptalanfalva)
- Jarkovac
- Konak
- Krajišnik
- Neuzina
- Sutjeska
- Šurjan
Twin towns – sister cities※
- Azov, Russia (2018)
See also※
References※
- ^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Попис становништва, домаћинстава и станова 2011. у Републици Србији" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Republički zavod za statistiku. Retrieved 28 December 2016.