Sečanj

Sečanj
Sečanj
Сечањ
—  village  —
The new Orthodox church.
Location of the municipality of Sečanj within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°22′N 20°46′E / 45.367°N 20.767°E / 45.367; 20.767
Country Serbia
District Central Banat
Settlements 11
Government
 – Mayor Predrag Milošević
Area[1]
 – Municipality 523 km2 (201.9 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)[2]
 – Town 2,647
 – Municipality 16,377
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 – Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 23240
Area code +381 23
Car plates ZR
Map of Sečanj municipality
Old houses.
Filling-station in the village. The razed Catholic church stood here until the 1950s.

Sečanj (Сечањ) is a village and municipality in Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 2,645, while the Sečanj municipality has 16,298 inhabitants.

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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 new word "Januar" (corresponding to the common months as known in Western European cultures), while the Croatian Ijekavian variant "Siječanj" remains in use in Croatia.

In Serbian, the village is known as Сечањ or Sečanj, in Hungarian as Szécsány or Torontálszécsány, in German as Setschan or Petersheim, in Croatian as Sečanj, and in Romanian as Seceani.

Serbian, Hungarian, and Romanian language are officially used by municipal authorities.

Historical population of the village

  • 1837: 1,489
  • 1900: 2,596
  • 1961: 2,829
  • 1971: 2,906
  • 1981: 2,718
  • 1991: 2,688

Inhabited places

The Sečanj municipality includes the town of Jaša Tomić and the following villages:

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

The population of the Sečanj municipality:

The settlements with Serb ethnic majority are: Sečanj, Banatska Dubica, Jarkovac, Jaša Tomić, Krajišnik, and Sutjeska. The settlement with Hungarian ethnic majority is Busenje. Ethnically mixed settlements with relative Serb majority are: Konak, Neuzina, Boka and Šurjan.

References

  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
  • Msgr. Erős Lajos, Adalékok a Zrenjanini-Nagybecskereki Egyházmegye történetéhez, 1993. (Additamenta ad historiam Diocesis Zrenjaninensis-Nagybecskerekensis)

See also

Coordinates: 45°22′13″N 20°47′43″E / 45.370177°N 20.795403°E / 45.370177; 20.795403



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