Feketić

Feketić (Serbian: Фекетић or Feketić, Hungarian: Bácsfeketehegy, German: Feketitsch, Schwarzenberg) is a village located in the Mali Iđoš municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,308 people, including 2,672 Hungarians (2002 census).

Feketić

Фекетић (Serbian)
Bácsfeketehegy  (Hungarian)
Main street with Calvinist and the abandoned Lutheran Church
Feketić
Coordinates: 45°40′N 19°42′E
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
Area
  Total59.3 km2 (22.9 sq mi)
Elevation
96 m (315 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total3,980
  Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Map of the Mali Iđoš municipality, showing the location of Feketić

History

The settlement is first mentioned in 1465 as Feketehegyház.

Historical population

  • 1961: 5,387
  • 1971: 4,818
  • 1981: 4,688
  • 1991: 4,542

Notable people

  • Ana Pešikan, former Minister of Science and Technology in the Government of Serbia.

See also

References

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