Novi Kneževac

Coordinates: 46°03′N 20°06′E / 46.05, 20.1
Novi Kneževac Нови Кнежевац
Location of Novi Kneževac within Serbia
Country	Serbia
District	North Banat
Settlements	9
Government
- Mayor	Predrag Veličković (SRS)
Area ^[1]
- Municipality	305 km² (117.8 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)^[2]
- Total	7,581
- Municipality	12,975
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	{{{postal_code}}}
Car plates	KI
Area code	+381 230
Website: http://23330

Novi Kneževac (Нови Кнежевац) is a town and municipality in the North Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 7,567, while Novi Kneževac municipality has 12,952 inhabitants (2002 census).

1 Name
2 Inhabited places
3 Demographics (2002 census)
4 Politics
- 4.1 2004 elections
- 4.2 2008 elections
5 See also
6 External links

Name

The name of the town derived from the Serbian word "knez" ("prince" in English), and the full meaning of the name in English would be "the new place of the prince".

In Serbian, the town is known as Novi Kneževac or Нови Кнежевац, in Romanian as Noul Cnezat, in Hungarian as Törökkanizsa, in Croatian as Novi Kneževac, and in German as Neu-Kanischa.

Inhabited places

Novi Kneževac municipality includes the town of Novi Kneževac, which is on the Tisa River, and eight villages. The villages are:

Demographics (2002 census)

Ethnic groups in the municipality

The population of the Novi Kneževac municipality is composed of:

Serbs = 7,725 (59.53%)
Hungarians = 3,864 (29.78%)
Roma = 655 (5.04%)
Yugoslavs = 207 (1.59%)
Others.

Settlements by ethnic majority

The places with Serb ethnic majority are: Novi Kneževac, Banatsko Aranđelovo, Siget, Filić, Srpski Krstur, Đala and Podlokanj. The two villages with Hungarian ethnic majority are: Majdan (Hungarian: Magyarmajdány) and Rabe (Hungarian: Rábé). Villages with over 20% Hungarians are: Filić, Banatsko Aranđelovo, and Siget.

Ethnic groups in the town

The population of the Novi Kneževac town is composed of:

Serbs = 4,369 (57.63%)
Hungarians = 2,657 (35.05%)
Yugoslavs = 131 (1.73%)
Roma = 107 (1.41%)
Others.

Politics

2004 elections

Seats in the municipal parliament won in the 2004 local elections: [1]

Serbian Radical Party (9)
Democratic Party (7)
G17 Plus (2)
Socialist Party of Serbia (2)
Serbian Strength Movement (2)
Groups of citizens - Pensioners (2)
Democratic Party of Serbia (2)
Groups of citizens - Better tomorrow for municipality of Novi Kneževac (2)
League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (2)
Groups of citizens - For our birthplace (1)

2008 elections

Results of 2008 local elections in Novi Kneževac municipality: [2]

External links

Novi Kneževac, Serbia & Montenegro Page
Tisa River - Novi Kneževac, Serbia
Statistički podaci za opštinu Novi Kneževac (in Serbian)
Muzička škola, Novi Kneževac (in Serbian)
www.torokkanizsa.extra.hu (in Hungarian)
Novi Kneževac Photo Gallery (in English)

v • d • e Cities, towns and villages in the North Banat District

Kikinda	Banatska Topola • Banatsko Veliko Selo • Bašaid • Iđoš • Mokrin • Nakovo • Novi Kozarci • Rusko Selo • Sajan

Ada	Mol • Obornjača • Sterijino • Utrine

Kanjiža	Adorjan • Velebit • Doline • Zimonić • Male Pijace • Mali Pesak • Martonoš • Novo Selo • Orom • Totovo Selo • Trešnjevac • Horgoš

Novi Kneževac	Banatsko Aranđelovo • Đala • Majdan • Podlokanj • Rabe • Siget • Srpski Krstur • Filić Senta: Bogaraš • Gornji Breg • Kevi • Tornjoš

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