The City municipality of Novi Sad () was one of two city municipalities which formerly constituted the City of

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...

from 2002 to 2019. The city statute adopted in 2019 abolished both of Novi Sad's city municipalities. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality had a population of 307,760 inhabitants, while the

urban area An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas originate through urbanization, and researchers categorize them as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs. In urbani ...

had 250,439 inhabitants.

Names

There were names in several languages that could be used for this municipality: ; ; ; .

Politics

When the 2002 statute of the city of Novi Sad came into effect, Novi Sad was divided into two city municipalities,

Petrovaradin Petrovaradin ( sr-Cyrl, Петроварадин, ) is a historic town in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, now a part of the city of Novi Sad. As of 2011, the urban area has 14,810 inhabitants. Lying on the right bank of the Danube, across the m ...

and Novi Sad. From 1989 until 2002, the name ''Municipality of Novi Sad'' meant the whole territory of the present-day city of Novi Sad. The city municipalities of Novi Sad were established in 2002 solely to allow Novi Sad to get

city status City status is a symbolic and legal designation given by a monarch, national or subnational government. A municipality may receive city status because it already has the qualities of a city, or because it has some special purpose. Historically, ci ...

under the then-standing law. Under the new

Constitution of Serbia The current Constitution of the Republic of Serbia (), also known as Mitrovdan Constitution () is the supreme and basic law of Serbia. It was adopted in 2006, replacing the previous constitution dating from 1990. History The adoption of current ...

(from November 2006), a city doesn't have to be divided into municipalities to get city status. Therefore by a new city statute adopted in 2019, both of the city municipalities were abolished, and Novi Sad's city government now runs the whole city.

Geography

The City Municipality of Novi Sad was situated in the southern part of the

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 Hungary. ...

region. The total area of

City of Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...

was 699 km², and the area of the city municipality was 671.8 km². The municipality laid in one of the southern lowest parts of the

Pannonian Plain The Pannonian Basin, with the term Carpathian Basin being sometimes preferred in Hungarian literature, is a large sedimentary basin situated in southeastern Central Europe. After the Treaty of Trianon following World War I, the geomorphologic ...

Alluvial plain An alluvial plain is a plain (an essentially flat landform) created by the deposition of sediment over a long period by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms. A ''floodplain'' is part of the process, bei ...

s along Danube are well-formed, especially on the left bank, in some parts 10 km from the river. A large part of Novi Sad municipality was on a

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with

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of 80-83 m.

Settlements

The city municipality included 11 settlements: *

proper (the

side of the urban area of Novi Sad City) *

Begeč Begeč ( sr-cyr, Бегеч) is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad in Serbia. It is situated on the river Danube, approximately west of Novi Sad, on the Bačka Palanka-Novi Sad road. Geography History Begeč was first mentioned in ...

Futog Futog (, German and ) is a village of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia, with a population of 18,642 according to the 2011 census in Serbia. It is situated in southern Bačka, 7 km away from Novi Sad. Name ''Terra que Futog et a quibusdam Batkay no ...

Veternik Veternik ( sr-cyr, Ветерник) is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Over the years, especially in the 1990s, it grew with size and inhabitants thus merging with Futog to the west and Novi Sad to the east. Name The set ...

Rumenka Rumenka () is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 6,495 people (2011 census). Name In Serbian and Croatian, the village is known as ''Rumenka'' (Руменка), and ...

Kisač Kisač ( sr-cyr, Кисач; Slovak: Kysáč) is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The settlement has a Slovak ethnic majority. Name In Serbian and Croatian the village is known as ''Kisač'' (Кисач); in Slovak as ...

Stepanovićevo Stepanovićevo ( sr-cyr, Степановићево) is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. It has a Serbs, Serb ethnic majority and a population of 2,021 people (2011 census). Stepanovićevo is situated about 20 km north-west f ...

Čenej Čenej () is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Name In Serbian, the village is known as Ченеј or ''Čenej'', in Croatian as ''Čenej'', and in Hungarian as ''Csenej''. Geography It is located in the north-eastern p ...

Kać Kać () is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The town had a population of 11,612 in the 2011 census. Name In Serbo-Croatian, the town is known as ''Kać'' or Каћ, in Hungarian as ''Káty'', and in German as ''Katsch''. ...

Budisava Budisava () is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Name In Serbian, the village is known as ''Budisava'' or Будисава. There is a running myth how ''Budisava'' got its name. Apparently there was a person called Sava who ...

Kovilj Kovilj () is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Name The Serbian name of the village derived from Serbian word "kovilj", which is a name for one sort of flower grass. Geography The village is divided into Gornji Kovilj (Upp ...

Ethnic groups

According to the 2011 census, the total population of the territory of the former Novi Sad municipality was 307,760, of whom 241,789 (78.56%) were ethnic Serbs.

Cultural heritage

There is a

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

Kovilj Monastery The Kovilj Monastery ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Манастир Ковиљ, Manastir Kovilj) is a 13th-century Serb Orthodox monastery in the Bačka region, in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. According to the legend, the monastery was founded ...

in the former municipality. It is situated near the village of

. The monastery was reconstructed in 1705-1707. According to legend, the monastery was founded by the first Serb archbishop

Saint Sava Saint Sava (, ; Old Church Slavonic: ; Glagolitic: ; ; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1235/6), known as the Enlightener or the Illuminator, was a Serbs, Serbian prince and Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox monk, abbot of Studenica Monastery, Studeni ...

in the 13th century.

References

{{Municipalities of Serbia Municipalities of Novi Sad