Bela Crkva, Banat

Bela Crkva
Бела Црква
Town and municipality
Bela Crkva street

Coat of arms

Location of Bela Crkva within Serbia
Coordinates: 44°53′51″N 21°25′01″E / 44.89750°N 21.41694°E / 44.89750; 21.41694Coordinates: 44°53′51″N 21°25′01″E / 44.89750°N 21.41694°E / 44.89750; 21.41694
Country  Serbia
Province Vojvodina
District South Banat
Area
 • Town 38.82 km2 (14.99 sq mi)
 • Municipality 353.34 km2 (136.43 sq mi)
Elevation 78 m (256 ft)
Population (2011 census)[1]
 • Town 8,868
 • Town density 230/km2 (590/sq mi)
 • Municipality 17,285
 • Municipality density 49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 26340
Area code(s) +381(0)13
Car plates VŠ
Website www.belacrkva.rs
Map of Bela Crkva municipality

Bela Crkva (Serbian Cyrillic: Бела Црква [pronounced [bɛ̂ːlaː tsr̩̂ːkv̞a]], German: Weißkirchen, Hungarian: Fehértemplom, Romanian: Biserica Albă) is a town and municipality located in the South Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 8,868, while the Bela Crkva municipality has 17,285 inhabitants.

Bela Crkva lakes at the outskirts of the town are a popular summer tourist destination.

Name

The name of the town Bela Crkva means "white church" in Serbian. In Romanian, the town is known as Biserica Albă (formerly Albești), in German as Weißkirchen, in Hungarian as Fehértemplom (formerly Fejéregyház[2]), and in Turkish as Aktabya.

History

Neolithic findings of ceramics and burial with Greek-style pots dating to late 5th century BC are founded in the area.[3]

The town was founded in 1717 when this region was included into the Habsburg Monarchy. It was part of the Banatian Military Frontier of the Monarchy and, since 1774, was a seat of the Illyrian (Serbian) section of the Banatian Frontier. Briefly, in 1787-1788, the town was controlled by the Ottomans. In 1848-1849, the town was part of autonomous Serbian Vojvodina, but in 1849 it was again placed under military administration. With the abolishment of the Military Frontier, the town was included into Temes county of the Kingdom of Hungary, one of two autonomous parts of Austria-Hungary. The town was also a seat of the district since 1867.

According to the 1910 census, the town itself was mainly populated by Germans and French people[4], but its surrounding municipal area was mainly populated by Serbs. Census recorded 11,524 citizens in the town, of whom 6,062 spoke German language, 1,994 Serbian, 1,806 Romanian, and 1,213 Hungarian. The municipal area numbered 36,831 inhabitants, of whom 20,987 spoke Serbian, 8,234 Romanian, and 4,791 German. The total population of the town and its municipal area counted together was 48,355, of whom 22,981 spoke Serbian, 10,853 German, 10,040 Romanian, and 2,122 Hungarian.[5]

Since 1918, Bela Crkva was part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and subsequent South Slavic states. In the 1920s it was a center of Russian emigration in Yugoslavia.

Inhabited places

Bela Crkva municipality includes the town of Bela Crkva and the following villages:

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
194825,179—    
195325,774+0.47%
196126,276+0.24%
197125,450−0.32%
198125,690+0.09%
199123,707−0.80%
200220,367−1.37%
201117,367−1.75%
Source: [6]

According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Bela Crkva has 17,367 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

The ethnic composition of the Bela Crkva municipality according to the 2002 census:

Settlements with Serb ethnic majority are: Bela Crkva, Banatska Palanka, Banatska Subotica, Vračev Gaj, Dupljaja, Jasenovo, Kajtasovo, Kaluđerovo, Kruščica, Kusić, and Crvena Crkva. The settlement with Romanian ethnic majority is Grebenac. The settlement with Hungarian ethnic majority is Dobričevo. The settlement with Czech ethnic majority is Češko Selo.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia: Comparative Overview of the Number of Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011, Data by settlements" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2014. ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  2. ↑ Apor (23 April 2014). Metamorphosis Transylvaniae. Routledge. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-1-317-85664-1.
  3. ↑ The Illyrians-John Wilkes
  4. ↑ István Németh - A magyarországi francia telepek
  5. ↑ http://www.talmamedia.com/php/district/district.php?county=Temes Archived March 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
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