Banatsko Aranđelovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Банатско Аранђелово) is a village located in the Novi Kneževac municipality, in the North Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (53.08%) with a present Hungarian (26.54%) and Romani minority (15.13%). It has a population of 1,718 people (2002 census).

Banatsko Aranđelovo
Банатско Аранђелово (Serbian)
The Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church
Banatsko Aranđelovo is located in Vojvodina
Banatsko Aranđelovo
Banatsko Aranđelovo
Location of Banatsko Aranđelovo within Serbia
Banatsko Aranđelovo is located in Serbia
Banatsko Aranđelovo
Banatsko Aranđelovo
Banatsko Aranđelovo (Serbia)
Banatsko Aranđelovo is located in Europe
Banatsko Aranđelovo
Banatsko Aranđelovo
Banatsko Aranđelovo (Europe)
Coordinates: 46°03′51.59″N 20°14′36.46″E / 46.0643306°N 20.2434611°E / 46.0643306; 20.2434611
CountrySerbia
ProvinceVojvodina
DistrictNorth Banat
Elevation
77 m (253 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Banatsko Aranđelovo1,718
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
23332
Area code+381(0)230
Car platesKI

Name edit

In Serbian, the village is known as Banatsko Aranđelovo or Банатско Аранђелово (formerly also Oroslamoš / Оросламош), in Hungarian as Oroszlámos, and in Croatian as Banatsko Aranđelovo. Current village name comes from words "Banat" and "saint archangel Gabriel" ("arhangel Gavrilo" or simply "Aranđel" in Serbian) and means "the place of saint archangel Gabriel in Banat".

Historical population edit

  • 1961: 3,700
  • 1971: 3,144
  • 1981: 2,245
  • 1991: 1,912

See also edit

References edit

  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

External links edit