Sečanj (Serbian Cyrillic: Сечањ) is a village and municipality located in the Central Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 2,373, while the Sečanj municipality has 13,267 inhabitants.
Sečanj
Сечањ | |
|---|---|
Town and municipality | |
 The new Orthodox Church | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Province | Vojvodina |
| District | Central Banat |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Predrag Milošević (SNS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 523 km2 (201.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Village | 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 |
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.
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 25,684 | — |
| 1953 | 26,110 | +1.7% |
| 1961 | 25,519 | −2.3% |
| 1971 | 21,938 | −14.0% |
| 1981 | 19,501 | −11.1% |
| 1991 | 18,438 | −5.5% |
| 2002 | 16,377 | −11.2% |
| 2011 | 13,267 | −19.0% |
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[1] |
|---|---|
| Serbs | 9,165 |
| Hungarians | 1,691 |
| Romani | 714 |
| Romanians | 566 |
| Romanians | 566 |
| Croats | 113 |
| Bulgarians | 87 |
| Slovaks | 52 |
| Yugoslavs | 50 |
| Macedonians | 39 |
| Germans | 39 |
| Montenegrins | 24 |
| Others | 727 |
| Total | 13,267 |
Inhabited places
The Sečanj municipality includes the town of Jaša Tomić and the following villages:
Gallery
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Old houses -
Filling-station in the village -
TORONTÁL-SZÉCSAN in the Kingdom of Hungary (Torontál County) in 1871
References
- ^ "Попис становништва, домаћинстава и станова 2011. у Републици Србији" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Republički zavod za statistiku. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
See also
