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Novi Žednik

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Country
  
Serbia

Population
  
2,848 (2002)

Province
  
Vojvodina

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Monday 2:29 PM

Novi Žednik

Weather
  
19°C, Wind NW at 18 km/h, 40% Humidity

Novi Žednik (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Жедник) is a village located in the Subotica municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,848 people (2002 census). The village contains an elementary school, an old Orthodox church and a newly build Orthodox church as well a train station. The village has a Catholic minority who attend religious services in nearby village of Stari Žednik since there are no Catholic churches in this village.

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Map of Novi %C5%BDednik, Serbia

Name

In Serbian the settlement is known as Novi Žednik (Нови Жедник), in Bunjevac as Novi Žednik, in Hungarian as Újfény, and in Croatian as Novi Žednik. Sometimes, it is known simply as Žednik (Жедник).

Ethnic groups (2002)

  • Serbs = 1,805 (63.38%)
  • Bunjevci = 398 (13.98%)
  • Hungarians = 240 (8.43%)
  • Croats = 206 (7.23%)
  • Yugoslavs = 44 (1.55%)
  • Montenegrins = 35 (1.23%)
  • Historical population

  • 1961: 6,931
  • 1971: 6,090
  • 1981: 3,195
  • 1991: 2,932
  • 2011: 2,399
  • Famous people

  • Živko Slijepčević (Retired football player; Coach)
  • References

    Novi Žednik Wikipedia