Kać

Kać (Serbian Cyrillic: Каћ) is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population was 11,612 at the 2011 census.

Kać

Каћ (Serbian)
Suburban settlement
Kać
Seal
Kać
Location within Novi Sad
Coordinates: 45°18′N 19°57′E
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
DistrictSouth Bačka
Municipality Novi Sad
Area
 • Total74.87 km2 (28.91 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total11,612
 • Density160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+381(0)21
Car platesNS
Center with the Orthodox Church

Name

In Serbian, the town is known as Kać or Каћ, in Croatian as Kać, in Hungarian as Káty, and in German as Katsch.

History

It was first mentioned during the administration of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary in 1276 as in villa Hatt, while in 1332/33, it was mentioned as Mathias de Shacz. During the Habsburg rule in the 18th and 19th century, the village was part of the Military Frontier (the Šajkaš Battalion section).

Historical population
  • 1961: 5,640
  • 1971: 6,701
  • 1981: 8,551
  • 1991: 9,755
  • 2002: 11,166

Culture and sport

Jugović is a team handball club from Kać. It competes in the Serbian First League of Handball since 1984. It was founded in 1956 under the name Mladost and changed its name to Jugović in 1960. Jugović]] won the EHF Challenge Cup in the 2000/2001 season.

There is a soccer team, also named Jugović, founded on 16 August 1912. It competes in the Novosadsko-Sremska zone League (4th League).

There is an Orthodox church from 1841/44 in the town and a monastery named Manastir Vaskrsenja Hristova

New neighborhoods in Kać

There are two new neighborhoods in Kać, Petrovdansko naselje and luxurious Sunčani breg.

Transport

Kać is connected to Novi Sad by the city's bus service JGSP Novi Sad. Bus lines 22 (Kać), 23 (Budisava) and 24 (Kovilj) pass through the town frequently as do other coaches to Titel, Perlez, Pančevo, Mošorin, Gardinovci and Lok.

Famous residents
  • School
  • Orthodox church
  • Main street

See also

References
  1. "Насеља општине Нови Сад" (pdf). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
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