Plavna (Serbian Cyrillic: Плавна) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bač municipality, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. Its population is ethnically mixed and numbering 1,392 people (2002 census).
Plavna
Плавна (Serbian) | |
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 Map of Plavna and other settlements in the neighborhood | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Province |  Vojvodina |
| Region | Bačka (Podunavlje) |
| District | South Bačka |
| Municipality | Bač |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 1,392 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Name edit
In Serbian, the village is known as Plavna (Плавна), in Croatian (Šokac) as Plavna, in Hungarian as Palona, and in German as Plawingen.
Geography edit
It is located 150 km north of Belgrade and 75 km of Novi Sad, the capital of the province of Vojvodina, at the southwest of Bačka.
Ethnic groups (2002 census) edit
Its population include:
- 607 (43.61%) Serbs
- 312 (22.41%) Croats
- 145 (10.42%) Hungarians
- 112 (8.05%) Yugoslavs
- others.
According to 1991 census, population of the village included 497 Croats, 389 Serbs, 278 Yugoslavs, 196 Hungarians.
Historical population edit
- 1961: 2,662
- 1971: 2,033
- 1981: 1,712
- 1991: 1,538
- 2002: 1,392
Tourism edit
There is a possibility of hunting deer, doe buck, wild boar, as well as hare, pheasant, partridge and wild duck on an area of 600 hectares covered by wheat and corn.
Hunting ground Plavna – Lovačka kuća (Houting house) is located in the village of Plavna surrounded by forest. Along with usual hunting activities, it offers the possibility of tours of the hunting ground, photo – safari, observing wild life. Restaurant can receive 100 quests.
Notable inhabitants edit
- Plavna is the birthplace of Antun Gustav Matoš's father who was Bunjevac.[1]
- Josip Leko (b. 1948), Croatian politician
- József Novotny (1908–1944), chaplain, martyr of the Roman Catholic Church, a Hungarian of Czech or Slovak origin.
- Bálint Magyar de Palona (? - 1573), Hungarian general, captain of Fonyód.
Gallery edit
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Map of the Bač municipality showing the location of Plavna. -
Saint Jackob the Apostle Catholic church.
See also edit
References edit
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
- ^ (in Croatian) Društvo Antuna Gustava Matoša Tovarnik Archived 2008-06-11 at the Wayback Machine Biografija