Bački Petrovac

Bački Petrovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Бачки Петровац; Slovak: Báčsky Petrovec) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 7,452, while Bački Petrovac municipality has 13,418 inhabitants.

Bački Petrovac

Бачки Петровац (Serbian)
Báčsky Petrovec  (Slovak)
Town and municipality
Bački Petrovac
Coat of arms
Location of Bački Petrovac within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°21′38″N 19°35′30″E
Country Serbia
ProvinceVojvodina
DistrictSouth Bačka
Government
 • MayorJasna Šproh (SNS)
Area
 • Town63.84 km2 (24.65 sq mi)
 • Municipality158.35 km2 (61.14 sq mi)
Elevation
86 m (282 ft)
Population
 (2011 census)[1]
 • Town
7,452
 • Town density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
 • Municipality
13,418
 • Municipality density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
21470
Area code(s)+381(0)21
Car platesNS
Websitewww.backipetrovac.rs

Name

In Serbian Cyrillic the town is known as Бачки Петровац, in Serbian Latin as Bački Petrovac, in Slovak as Petrovec or Báčsky Petrovec, in Hungarian as Petrőc, and in German as Petrovacz.

Bački Petrovac is the economical, cultural and administrative center of the municipality. It is a settlement of a town character, while the other three are villages of Pannonian type.

History

Being in south Bačka which according to special climatic and other conditions is one of the most fertile parts of Serbia, very suitable for settling down, here in this region people made their settlements very early. The first written records about Petrovac appears in the 13th century when Petrovac is mentioned as a church parish belonging to Bač County. Later that name is changed into Petrovac. Its first inhabitants were the Hungarians and Serbs. In the first half of the 18th century (1745) the Slovaks settled here. Since then Petrovac developed so that it represents cultural, economic, clerical and political center of the Slovaks in this region.

Inhabited places
Map of Bački Petrovac municipality

Bački Petrovac municipality includes the town of Bački Petrovac and the following villages:

Note: for the places with Slovak majority, the names are also given in Slovak.

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
194813,814—    
195315,142+1.85%
196116,865+1.36%
197116,042−0.50%
198116,095+0.03%
199115,662−0.27%
200214,681−0.59%
201113,418−0.99%
Source: [2]

According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has 13,418 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

The ethnic Slovaks form a majority of the population in the municipality. Settlements with Slovak majorities are: Bački Petrovac (Slovak: Báčsky Petrovec), Gložan (Slovak: Hložany), and Kulpin (Slovak: Kulpín). There is one settlement with a Serb majority: Maglić. The town is located in southern Bačka (hence the name), some 25 km northwest of Novi Sad, the capital of Vojvodina. It is the cultural center of Slovaks in the province, and other places in the eponymous municipalities are also inhabited by many Slovaks.

The ethnic composition of the municipality:[3]

Ethnic group Population %
Slovaks8,772 65.37%
Serbs3,512 26.17%
Roma108 0.80%
Croats91 0.68%
Hungarians74 0.55%
Yugoslavs58 0.43%
Albanians26 0.19%
Others777 5.79%
Total13,418

Economy

Agriculture is the most important economic activity based on the production of field crops (wheat, corn, broom weed, sugar beet, hop), cattle, breeding dud ponetry and vegetable crops. Besides agriculture there is also some industry manufacture, metal and chemical. Manufacture of wood civil engineering, printing activities, etc.

The following table gives a preview of total number of employed people per their core activity (as of 2017):[4]

Activity Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing390
Mining1
Processing industry1,862
Distribution of power, gas and water5
Distribution of water and water waste management54
Construction138
Wholesale and retail, repair451
Traffic, storage and communication82
Hotels and restaurants159
Media and telecommunications36
Finance and insurance17
Property stock and charter11
Professional, scientific, innovative and technical activities216
Administrative and other services101
Administration and social assurance140
Education215
Healthcare and social work154
Art, leisure and recreation14
Other services42
Total4,090
  • The "Oldest house in Bački Petrovac" built in 1799
  • The Evangelist Church in Bački Petrovac
  • The building of the Jan Kolar gymnasium in Bački Petrovac, first half of the 20th century
  • Matica slovenská in Bački Petrovac
  • The Slovak Vojvodina Theatre in Bački Petrovac
  • Workers building a road in Bački Petrovac
  • Gallery of Zuzka Medveďová in Bački Petrovac
  • The Catholic Church in Bački Petrovac

International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Serbia

Twin towns — Sister cities

Bački Petrovac is twinned with:

See also

References
  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
  1. "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia: Comparative Overview of the Number of Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011, Data by settlements" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2014. ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  2. "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  3. "Попис становништва, домаћинстава и станова 2011. у Републици Србији" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Republički zavod za statistiku. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. ОПШТИНЕ И РЕГИОНИ У РЕПУБЛИЦИ СРБИЈИ, 2018. (PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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