Filić (Serbian Cyrillic: Филић) 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 (60.24%) with a significant Hungarian minority (38.50%). It has a population of 161 people (2002 census).

Filić
Филић (Serbian)
Filić is located in Vojvodina
Filić
Filić
Location of Filić within Serbia
Filić is located in Serbia
Filić
Filić
Filić (Serbia)
Filić is located in Europe
Filić
Filić
Filić (Europe)
Coordinates: 46°02′58″N 20°08′54″E / 46.04944°N 20.14833°E / 46.04944; 20.14833
CountrySerbia
ProvinceVojvodina
DistrictNorth Banat
Population
 (2002)
 • Filić161
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
23330
Area code+381(0)230
Car platesKI

Name edit

In Serbian the settlement is known as Filić (Филић) and in Hungarian as Firigyháza. Former name for the village used in Serbian was Firiđhaza (Фириђхаза) or Firiđhaz (Фириђхаз), and in some Serbian sources name of the village is also written as Firić (Фирић). Filić is also an Serbo-Croatian name for the Italian town of San Felice del Molise.

Historical population edit

  • 1981: 192
  • 1991: 170
  • 2002: 161

See also edit

References edit

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

External links edit