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Novi Žednik (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Жедник) is a village located in the Subotica municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,848 people (2002 census). The village contains an elementary school, an old Orthodox church and a newly build Orthodox church as well a train station. The village has a Catholic minority who attend religious services in nearby village of Stari Žednik since there are no Catholic churches in this village.
Novi Žednik
Нови Жедник (Serbian) | |
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| Coordinates: 45°56′N 19°40′E / 45.933°N 19.667°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Province |  Vojvodina |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 2,381 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Name edit
In Serbian the settlement is known as Novi Žednik (Нови Жедник), in Bunjevac as Novi Žednik, in Hungarian as Újnagyfény, and in Croatian as Novi Žednik. Sometimes, it is known simply as Žednik (Жедник).
Ethnic groups (2002) edit
- Serbs = 1,805 (63.38%)
- Bunjevci = 398 (13.98%)
- Hungarians = 240 (8.43%)
- Croats = 206 (7.23%)
- Yugoslavs = 44 (1.55%)
- Montenegrins = 35 (1.23%)
Historical population edit
- 1961: 6,931
- 1971: 6,090
- 1981: 3,195
- 1991: 2,932
- 2011: 2,399
Famous people edit
- Živko Slijepčević (Retired football player; Coach)
See also edit
References edit
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
45°56′N 19°40′E / 45.933°N 19.667°E
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