- Kać
Kać (Каћ) is a village located in the
Novi Sad municipality , in theSouth Bačka District ofSerbia . It is situated in the Autonomous Province ofVojvodina . The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbers 11,166 (2002 census).Name
In Serbian, the village is known as "Kać" or Каћ, in Croatian as "Kać", in Hungarian as "Káty", and in German as "Katsch".
History
It was first mentioned during the
Hungarian Kingdom in 1276 as "in villa Hatt", while in 1332/33, it was mentioned as "Mathias de Shacz". During the Habsburg rule in the 18th and 19th century, the village was part of theMilitary Frontier (the Šajkaš Battalion section).Historical population
*1961: 5,640
*1971: 6,701
*1981: 8,551
*1991: 9,755Culture & Sport
Jugović is a team handball club from Kać. It currently competes in the Serbian First League of Handball. It was founded in 1956 under the name 'Mladost', however it changed its name to 'Jugović' in 1960.
There is an Orthodox church from 1841/44 in the village.
Transport
Kać is connected to Novi Sad by the city's bus service
JGSP Novi Sad . Bus lines 22(Kać), 23(Budisava) and 24(Kovilj) pass through the village frequently as do other coaches, to Titel for example.References
*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
ee also
*
Novi Sad
*List of places in Serbia
*List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina External links
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/2/Kac.html Kać]
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