Čerević () is a village in

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...

. It is situated in the

Beočin Beočin ( sr-cyr, Беочин, ; hu, Belcsény) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The population of the town is 7,839, whilst Beočin's municipality population is 15, ...

municipality, in the

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

province. Although, the village is geographically located in Syrmia, it is part of the

South Bačka District The South Bačka District ( sr, Јужнобачки округ, Južnobački okrug, ; hu, Dél-bácskai körzet; ) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Geographically it lies in the southern ...

. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbers 2,798 people (2011 census).

Name

In Serbian the village is known as ''Čerević'' (Черевић), in Croatian as ''Čerević'', and in Hungarian as ''Cserög''.

History

During the Axis occupation in World War II, 87 civilians were killed in Čerević by fascists.

Historical population

*1961: 2,096 *1971: 2,144 *1981: 2,527 *1991: 2,510 *2011: 2,798

References

*Miloš Lukić, Putevima slobode - naselja opštine Beočin u ratu i revoluciji, Novi Sad, 1987. *Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

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