Novo Miloševo () is a village located in the

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municipality, in the Central Banat District of

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. It is situated in the Province of

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. The village has a

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majority (76.09%) with an ethnic Hungarian minority (14.57%). Its population is 6,763 people as of the 2002 census.

Name

The village was formed after the

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when former villages of Beodra and Dragutinovo were joined into one single village known as ''Novo Miloševo''. Before 1918, Dragutinovo was known as ''Karlovo''.

History

The former village of Beodra was first mentioned in 1331. It was established at present-day location from 1742–53, and was settled by

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from

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and

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. The village of Karlovo was established in 1751 by former Serb frontiersmen. In 1918, the name of the village was changed from Karlovo to ''Dragutinovo'', after Dragutin Ristić, a colonel in the Serbian army, whose unit occupied the village. In 1946, Dragutinovo and Beodra were joined into one single village known as ''Novo Miloševo'', after Miloš Popov Klima, a noted Partisan who was born in Dragutinovo.

Historical population

*1961: 9,276 *1971: 8,548 *1981: 7,805 *1991: 7,308 *2002: 6,763

People

Ranko Žeravica Ranko Žeravica ( sr-cyr, Ранко Жеравица; 17 November 1929 – 29 October 2015) was a Serbian professional basketball coach. With a career that spanned over 50 years, he is most noted for his work with the senior Yugoslav national t ...

, Yugoslav and Serbian basketball coach

References

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

External links

Novo Miloševo - Official Internet PresentationNovo Miloševo - Aerial photosNovo Miloševo - First site

Gallery

Image:Novo_Miloševo,_Catholic_Church.jpg, The Saint Maria Magdalena Catholic Church. Image:Novo_Miloševo,_Karačonji_Castle.jpg, The Karačonji (Karácsonyi) Castle. {{DEFAULTSORT:Novo Milosevo Populated places in Serbian Banat