Siget (
Serbian Cyrillic
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: Сигет) is a village located in the
Novi Kneževac
Novi Kneževac ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Кнежевац, ; ; ) is a town and municipality located in the North Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 5,688, while the Novi Kneževac municipality h ...
municipality, in the
North Banat District
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of
Serbia
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. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of
Vojvodina
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. The village has a
Serb
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ethnic majority (73.27%) with a significant
Hungarian minority (25.50%) and its population numbering 247 people (2002 census).
Name
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Serbian
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the settlement is known as ''Siget'' (Сигет), and in
Hungarian as ''Sziget''. Former Serbian name for this settlement was ''Mali Siget'' (Мали Сигет). ''Mali Siget'' means "little Siget", while name ''Veliki Siget'' (Велики Сигет, meaning: "big Siget") was used for neighbouring uninhabited area.
Historical population
*1981: 358
*1991: 294
*2002: 247
See also
*
List of places in Serbia
This is the list of populated places in Serbia (excluding Kosovo), as recorded by the 2002 census, sorted alphabetically by municipalities. Settlements denoted as " urban" (towns and cities) are marked bold. Population for every settlement is ...
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List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia
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References
*Slobodan Ćurčić, ''Broj stanovnika Vojvodine'', Novi Sad, Serbia 1996.
External links
Municipalities of Vojvodina
Populated places in Serbian Banat
Populated places in North Banat District
Novi Kneževac
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