Plavna (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, t ...

: Плавна) 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 Bač

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, in 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 ...

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. Its population is ethnically mixed and numbering 1,392 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as ''Plavna'' (Плавна), in Croatian ( Šokac) as ''Plavna'', in Hungarian as ''Palona'', and in

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as ''Plawingen''.

Geography

It is located 150 km north of Belgrade and 75 km of

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

, the capital of the province of Vojvodina, at the southwest of

Bačka Bačka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка, ) or Bácska () is a geographical and historical area within the Pannonian Plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east. It is divided between Serbia and Hunga ...

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

Its population include: * 607 (43.61%)

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 ...

* 312 (22.41%)

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, ...

* 145 (10.42%)

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 ...

* 112 (8.05%)

Yugoslavs Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( Bosnian and Croatian: ''Jugoslaveni'', Serbian and Macedonian ''Jugosloveni''/Југословени; sl, Jugoslovani) is an identity that was originally designed to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has b ...

* others. According to 1991 census, population of the village included 497 Croats, 389 Serbs, 278 Yugoslavs, 196 Hungarians.

Historical population

*1961: 2,662 *1971: 2,033 *1981: 1,712 *1991: 1,538 *2002: 1,392

Tourism

There is a possibility of hunting deer, doe buck, wild boar, as well as hare, pheasant, partridge and wild duck on an area of 600 hectares covered by wheat and corn. Hunting ground Plavna – Lovačka kuća (Houting house) is located in the village of Plavna surrounded by forest. Along with usual hunting activities, it offers the possibility of tours of the hunting ground, photo – safari, observing wild life. Restaurant can receive 100 quests.

Notable inhabitants

* Plavna is the birthplace of Antun Gustav Matoš's father who was

Bunjevac Bunjevci ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Bunjevci, Буњевци, ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Bunjevac, Буњевац, sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Bunjevka, Буњевка) are a South Slavic sub-ethnic group living ...

.Društvo Antuna Gustava Matoša Tovarnik
Biografija * Josip Leko (b. 1948), Croatian politician * József Novotny (1908–1944), chaplain,

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of the

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, a Hungarian of Czech or Slovak origin. * Bálint Magyar de Palona (? - 1573), Hungarian general, captain of

Fonyód Fonyód (german: Fonjod) is a town and holiday resort on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, in north-west Somogy, western Hungary, with over 4,700 residents. It is the seat of Fonyód District. History The first mention of Fonyód was in a lett ...

Gallery

File:Bac mun.png, Map of the Bač municipality showing the location of Plavna. Image:Plavna,_Catholic_Church.jpg, Saint Jackob the Apostle Catholic church.

References

*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996. {{Coord, 45, 20, 48.84, N, 19, 07, 32.16, E, type:mountain_source:frwiki, display=title Places in Bačka Bač, Serbia South Bačka District Populated places on the Danube