The City municipality of Novi Sad ( sr-cyrl, Градска општина Нови Сад, Gradska opština Novi Sad) is one of two city municipalities which constitute the City of

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 307,760 inhabitants, while the

urban area An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities ...

has 250,439 inhabitants.

Names

There are names in several languages that could be used for this municipality: sr, Градска општина Нови Сад, 'Gradska opština Novi Sad; hu, Újvidék városi község; sk, Mestská Obec Nový Sad; rue, Городска Oпштина Нови Сад .

Politics

Since 2002, when the new statute of the city of Novi Sad came into effect, Novi Sad is divided into two city municipalities,

Petrovaradin Petrovaradin ( sr-cyr, Петроварадин, ) is a historic town in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, now a part of the city of Novi Sad. As of 2011, the urban area has 14,810 inhabitants. Lying on the right bank of the Danube, across from t ...

and Novi Sad. From 1989 until 2002, the name ''Municipality of Novi Sad'' meant the whole territory of the present-day city of Novi Sad. Today, municipality doesn't have its own offices. The city municipalities of Novi Sad were established in 2002 because of the sole reason that Novi Sad can get the

city status City status is a symbolic and legal designation given by a national or subnational government. A municipality may receive city status because it already has the qualities of a city, or because it has some special purpose. Historically, city status ...

under then-standing law. Under the new Constitution of Serbia (from November 2006), the city doesn't have to be divided into municipalities to get the city status. By the city statute from 2002, the city municipalities of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin do not have any real authority on their territory. Novi Sad's city government runs the whole city.

Geography

The City Municipality of Novi Sad is situated in the southern part of the

Bačka Bačka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка, ) or Bácska () is a geographical and historical area within the Pannonian Plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east. It is divided between Serbia and Hunga ...

region. Total area of

City of Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

is 699 km², and the area of the city municipality is 671.8 km². Municipality lies in one of the southern lowest parts of the

Pannonian Plain The Pannonian Basin, or Carpathian Basin, is a large basin situated in south-east Central Europe. The geomorphological term Pannonian Plain is more widely used for roughly the same region though with a somewhat different sense, with only the ...

. Alluvial plains along Danube are well-formed, especially on the left bank, in some parts 10 km from the river. Large part of Novi Sad municipality lies on a

river terrace Fluvial terraces are elongated terraces that flank the sides of floodplains and fluvial valleys all over the world. They consist of a relatively level strip of land, called a "tread", separated from either an adjacent floodplain, other fluvial te ...

with

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of 80-83 m.

Settlements

The city municipality includes 11 settlements: *

proper (the

side of the urban area of Novi Sad City) *

Begeč Begeč ( sr-cyr, Бегеч) is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad in Serbia. It is situated on the river Danube, approximately west of Novi Sad, on the Bačka Palanka-Novi Sad road. According to the 2011 census, the village had a Serb ...

Futog Futog (, German and hu, Futak) is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia, with a population of 18,642 according to the 2011 census in Serbia. It is situated in southern Bačka, 7 km away from Novi Sad. Name ''Terra que Futog et ...

Veternik Veternik ( sr-cyr, Ветерник) is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Its population numbers 17,454 (2011 census) and most of its inhabitants are ethnic Serbs. Over the years, especially in the 1990s, it grew with size and ...

Rumenka Rumenka () is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 6,495 people (2011 census). Name In Serbian and Croatian, the village is known as ''Rumenka'' (Руменка), and ...

Kisač Kisač ( sr-cyr, Кисач; Slovak language, Slovak: Kysáč) is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The settlement has a Slovaks, Slovak ethnic majority. Name In Serbian language, Serbian and Croatian language, Croatian the ...

* Stepanovićevo *

Čenej Čenej () is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a population numbering 2,115 people (2002 census). Name In Serbian, the village is known as Ченеј or ''Čenej'', in Croatian a ...

Kać Kać () is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population was 11,612 at the 2011 census. Name In Serbian, the town is known as ''Kać'' or Каћ, in Croatian as ''Kać'', in Hunga ...

Budisava Budisava () is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbers 3,656 people (2011 census). Name In Serbian, the village is known as ''Budisava'' or Будисава, in Hu ...

Kovilj Kovilj () is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 5,599 people (2002 census). Name In Serbian, the village is known as ''Kovilj'' or Ковиљ, in Croatian ...

Ethnic groups

According to the 2011 census, the total population of the territory of present-day Novi Sad municipality was 307,760, of whom 241,789 (78.56%) were ethnic Serbs.

Cultural heritage

There is a

Serbian Orthodox The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches. The majori ...

Kovilj Monastery in the municipality. It is situated near the village of

. The monastery was reconstructed in 1705-1707. According to legend, the monastery was founded by the first Serb archbishop

Saint Sava Saint Sava ( sr, Свети Сава, Sveti Sava, ; Old Church Slavonic: ; gr, Άγιος Σάββας; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1236), known as the Enlightener, was a Serbian prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalou ...

in the 13th century.

References

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