Sečanj

Sečanj
Сечањ
Town and municipality
The new Orthodox Church

Location of Sečanj within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°22′00″N 20°46′21″E / 45.36667°N 20.77250°E / 45.36667; 20.77250Coordinates: 45°22′00″N 20°46′21″E / 45.36667°N 20.77250°E / 45.36667; 20.77250
Country  Serbia
Province Vojvodina
District Central Banat
Government
 • Mayor Predrag Milošević
Area
 • Total 523 km2 (201.9 sq mi)
Elevation 77 m (253 ft)
Population (2011)
 • borough 2,373
 • Municipality 13,267
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 23240
Area code(s) +381(0)23
Car plates ZR

Sečanj (Serbian Cyrillic: Сечањ) is a town located in the Central Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town itself has a population of 2,373, while the Sečanj municipality has 13,267 inhabitants.

Name

"Sečanj" is a Slavic name for the first month in the calendar year. The Serbian Ekavian variant of this name was eventually replaced with the new word "Januar" (corresponding to the common months as known in Western European cultures), while the Croatian Ijekavian variant "Siječanj" remains in use in Croatia.

In Serbian, it is known as Сечањ or Sečanj, in Hungarian as Szécsány or Torontálszécsány, in German as Setschan or Petersheim, in Croatian as Sečanj, and in Romanian as Seceani.

Serbian, Hungarian, and Romanian language are officially used by municipal authorities.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
194825,684—    
195326,110+0.33%
196125,519−0.29%
197121,938−1.50%
198119,501−1.17%
199118,438−0.56%
200216,377−1.07%
201113,267−2.31%
Source: [1]

According to the 2011 census, the population of the municipality of Sečanj was 13,267 inhabitants.

Ethnic composition

The settlements with Serb ethnic majority are: Sečanj, Banatska Dubica, Boka, Jarkovac, Jaša Tomić, Krajišnik, and Sutjeska. The settlement with Hungarian ethnic majority is Busenje. Ethnically mixed settlements with relative Serb majority are: Konak, Neuzina and Šurjan.

Ethnic group Population
2011[2]
Serbs 9,165
Hungarians 1,691
Romani 714
Romanians 566
Romanians 566
Croats 113
Bulgarians 87
Slovaks 52
Yugoslavs 50
Macedonians 39
Germans 39
Montenegrins 24
Others 727
Total 13,267

Inhabited places

Map of Sečanj municipality

The Sečanj municipality includes also the following villages:

TORONTÁL-SZÉCSAN

References

  1. ↑ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Попис становништва, домаћинстава и станова 2011. у Републици Србији" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Republički zavod za statistiku. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

See also

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