Ečka

Ečka (Serbian Cyrillic: Ечка, Serbian pronunciation: [êtʃka]) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina.

Ečka

Ечка
Serbian Orthodox Church (1711)
Ečka
Location of Ečka within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°19′04″N 20°26′20″E
CountrySerbia
ProvinceVojvodina
DistrictCentral Banat
Elevation
71 m (233 ft)
Population
 (2002)
  Ečka4,513
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
23203
Area code(s)+381(0)23
Car platesZR

Name and history

In Serbian, the village is known as Ečka (Ечка), in Romanian as Ecica or Ecica Română, in German as Deutsch-Etschka, and in Hungarian as Écska (until 1899: Német-Écska).

The village was merged with former settlement known as Mala Ečka (Мала Ечка) in Serbian, Alt Etschka in German, and Román-Écska or Olahécska in Hungarian.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,513 people (2002 census).

Historical population

  • 1900: 4,892
  • 1931: 5,207
  • 1948: 3,934
  • 1953: 4,188
  • 1961: 4,323
  • 1971: 4,621
  • 1981: 5,293
  • 1991: 5,172

Trivia

  • Franz Liszt played piano at Kaštel castle as a nine-year-old boy.

See also

References

  1. Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

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