Bačko Petrovo Selo ( sr-cyr, Бачко Петрово Село; Hungarian: ''Péterréve'',

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: ''Batschko Petrovo Selo'') is a village located in the

Bečej Bečej ( sr-cyrl, Бечеј, ; hu, Óbecse, ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 23,895, while the municipality has 37,351 inhabitants. I ...

Municipality, in the

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. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of

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. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 7,318 people (2002 census).

Features

The village is located on the right bank of the river Tisa. There are two monuments in the village in memory of the people who lost their lives in the

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. After World War II, Bačko Petrovo Selo developed into an economic hub, due to its thriving agricultural industry, however, it experiences an economic downturn nowadays. In the transition era that followed the fall of communism, and the

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a large percentage of the population lost their jobs and many left the village in search for better opportunities elsewhere.

Demographics

Historical population

*1961: 10,410 *1971: 9,645 *1981: 8,959 *1991: 7,958 *2002: 7,318

Ethnic groups

Population of the village include (as of 2002 census): * 5,175 (70.72%)

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...

* 1,567 (21.41%)

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

* 243 (3.32%) Romani * others.

Culture

Serbian Orthodox The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches. The majori ...

monastery is Bačko Petrovo Selo's most famous landmark. It features a fountain whose

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, according to local lore, has healing properties. It attracts many visitors at the celebration day of the monastery every year to take holy water from the fountain.

Economy

Bačko Petrovo Selo has a very developed economy and agriculture. It possess very rich and flat land with highly fertile soil. The village has two economical factories that are indebted to produce fruits and vegetables, which are later delivered to Bečej, to the vegetable factory "Flora".

Education

There is an elementary school in Bačko Petrovo Selo, "Šamu Mihalj" / "Samu Mihály" Elementary School. The school consists of two buildings. The old one houses the classes from the first to the fourth grade and the new from the fifth to the eighth. The lectures are attended in both Serbian and Hungarian, where both nations have their classes in their respective languages.The school web site
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Sport

Bačko Petrovo Selo has a football (soccer) and handball teams. Both teams are called "Jedinstvo".

Gallery

File:Peterr1.jpg, Bačko Petrovo Selo - Péterréve File:Helyi Koyosseg.jpg, Bačko Petrovo Selo - Péterréve

References

Sources

*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

External links

Divna priroda u Bačkom Petrovom Selu
dobrodosliubecej.blogspot.com
History of Bačko Petrovo Selo (aka Péterréve)
{{Authority control Places in Bačka Populated places in Vojvodina South Bačka District Bečej Hungarian communities in Serbia