Stari Žednik (also known as ''Žednik'') is a village located in the
Subotica
Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, ...
municipality, in the
North Bačka District
The North Bačka District ( sr, Севернобачки округ, Severnobački okrug, ; hu, Észak-bácskai körzet) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It lies in the Bačka geographi ...
of
Serbia
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. It is situated in the autonomous province of
Vojvodina. The village is ethnically mixed and, according to the 2002 census, it has 2,230 inhabitants with a
Croatian relative majority.
Name
In
Serbian
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* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* Serbian language
* Serbian names
See also
*
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* Old Serbian (disambiguat ...
the village is known as Стари Жедник / ''Stari Žednik'' or Жедник / ''Žednik'', in
Croatian as ''Žednik'' (since 2009)
Radio Subotica
Tradicijski nazivi naselja vraćaju mještanima osjećaj sigurnosti, Nov 20, 2009, accessed Nov 23, 2009 or ''Stari Žednik'' (before 2009), in Hungarian as ''Nagyfény'', and in Bunjevac as ''Stari Žednik'' or ''Žednik''.
Ethnic groups (2002 census)
*Croats
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= 727 (32.60%)
*Hungarians
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= 576 (25.83%)
* Bunjevci = 327 (14.66%)
*Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language.
The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
= 248 (11.12%)
*Yugoslavs
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= 139 (6.23%)
*Others ( Montenegrins, Albanians
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, Germans
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, Macedonians, Rusyns
Rusyns (), also known as Carpatho-Rusyns (), or Rusnaks (), are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group from the Carpathian Rus', Eastern Carpathians in Central Europe. They speak Rusyn language, Rusyn, an East Slavic languages, East Slavi ...
, Slovaks
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In Slovakia, 4.4 mi ...
, etc.).
Historical population
*1981: 2,472
*1991: 2,323
*2011: 1,961
Tourist attractions
The ''Saint Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church'' was built by the plans of Zsigmond Moravetz, in neogothic
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style and opened in 1911. Its first parish priest was Hungarian ''Benjamin Hegedűs'', and the current one is Croat ''Željko Šipek'', who serves the Croatian and Hungarian communities.
See also
* List of places in Serbia
*List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia.
List of largest cities and towns in Vojvodina
List of urban settlements in Vojvodina
List of all urban settlements (cities and towns) in Vojvodina with populati ...
References
*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
Places in Bačka
Subotica
Bunjevci
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