Banatsko Novo Selo ( sr-cyr, Банатско Ново Село ) is a village located in the municipality of

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, Serbia. The village has a

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ethnic majority and its population numbering 7,089 people ( 2011 census).

Name

The Serbian place name of the village is Banatsko Novo Selo and means ''

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ian New Village'', but it has previously also been known by different names throughout its history. Older Serbian name of the village was simply Novo Selo, while in

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it has been known as ''Banater Neudorf'', in Hungarian it has been known as ''Révújfalu'' and in

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it has been known as ''Satu Nou''- a name still announced on entry and exit signs along the highway due to the large Romanian ethnic minority in the town.

Geography

Banatsko Novo Selo is located on flat and fertile plains at , approximately 18 km NE of Pančevo and 37 km NE of

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.The altitude above sea level is roughly about 105 meters or 347 feet. It is located within the

, in the Province of

, which is in the northern part of

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. The largest town nearby the village is Pančevo, but the region is also scattered with other inhabited places, similar in size with Banatsko Novo Selo, such as

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and Dolovo. The village is also on the main

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between the capital city Belgrade and

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History

The village was founded in 1765. It was settled by

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and

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. The settlement was a part of Habsburg's

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(

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) since its founding, then it belonged to the

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. After

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, that area was a part of provisional Torontalsko-tamiške

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ja (

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), in 1922 of

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and since 1929 of the

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in the

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. In the time after World War II its belonged to the

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Pančevo of the

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and of the

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. The communal area of Banatsko Novo Selo was a part of the municipal region of Pančevo from all these centuries to the present. There is an impression of the old village which is recorded on the map of the

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land survey from the early 19th century at the

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. In 1906,

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maps of the village were recorded which are located at the

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Demographic history

In 1921, about 80 percent of the population of the village were ethnic

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. In 2002, the Romanian minority numbered 2,036 people (27.7%).

Economy

The main occupation of the villages people is in

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. However, an increasing number of community members are establishing small and medium size enterprises, particularly in agricultural processing.

Culture

Since 1958, there is a cultural center ''Dom kulture 3 oktobar'' in the village. In 1998, Romanian people have formed the association ''KUD Dr Radu Flora''.

Gallery

Image:Banatsko Novo Selo Orthodox church.jpg, Bell tower of the Serbian Orthodox Church

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History of th
Serbian Orthodox Church Holy Trinity
on the Website by

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References

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

External links

* Official Website by the local community o
Banatsko Novo Selo (Mesna zajednica)

BNSelo
a Website with information on local history, culture and news
Banatsko Novo Selo
on the Official Website by the municipality of Pančevo *http://www.jkpbns.rs - information about public communal company {{Authority control Populated places in Serbian Banat Populated places in South Banat District Pančevo Populated places established in 1765 Spatial Cultural-Historical Units of Great Importance