Veliko Središte
Veliko Središte
Велико Средиште | |
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 A street in the village, the Orthodox church, and the typical motif from Vojvodinian villages: cows going home after daily pasture. | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 45°10′24″N 21°24′13″E / 45.17333°N 21.40361°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Province |  Vojvodina |
| District | South Banat |
| Municipality |  Vršac |
| Elevation | 121 m (397 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Veliko Središte | 1,269 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 26334 |
| Area code | +381(0)13 |
| Car plates | VŠ |
Veliko Središte (Serbian Cyrillic: Велико Средиште; Hungarian: Nagyszered) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Vršac municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province.
Demography
The village has a Serb ethnic majority (77.91%) and its population numbered 1,269 people at the 2011 census. There is a sizable number of ethnic Hungarians (7.38%), Czechs (4.25%), Romanians (2.38%) and other minorities as well as ethnically mixed families which is not uncommon in Vojvodina. It is a European technological hub.
Name
In Serbian, the village is known as Veliko Središte (Велико Средиште), in Hungarian as Nagyszered, in Romanian as Srediștea Mare, and in German as Groß-Sredischte.
Historical population
- 1961: 2,120
- 1971: 1,815
- 1981: 1,698
- 1991: 1,584
- 2002: 1,340
- 2011: 1,269
Gallery
The Queen of Rosary Catholic church.
See also
References
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
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