Elemir (; ) is a village located in the
Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; ; ; ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city urban area has a population of 67,129 inh ...
municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the province of
Vojvodina
Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...
. In 2011 census the village has a population of 4,338 inhabitants.
Name
In
Serbian
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* Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular
**Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans
** Serbian language
** Serbian culture
**Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the co ...
, the village is known as ''Elemir'' or Елемир, in
Hungarian as ''Elemér'' and in
German
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* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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as ''Elemer''.
Geography
Lake
Okanj
Okanj ( Serbian Окањ) is a saline oxbow lake situated near the village of Elemir in the Zrenjanin commune, western Banat, Vojvodina Province, Serbia. It was formed from a meander of the Tisa River ( UTM: DR43) and is now about from the river ...
is located near Elemir. Okanj is a part of the broader
Important Bird and Biodiversity area "Okanj and Rusanda".
Demographics
In the 2011 census the village had a population of 4,338 inhabitants.
Historical population
* 1869: 4,359
* 1900: 4,749
* 1948: 4,656
* 1953: 4,757
* 1961: n/a
* 1971: 5,001
* 1981: 4,998
* 1991: 4,724
* 2002: 4,690
* 2011: 4,338
* 2022: 3,672
Ethnic groups
The ethnic composition of the village (as of 2011 census):
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Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian lan ...
= 4,158 (88.66%)
*
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Romani people, or Roma, an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin
** Romani language, an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities
** Romanichal, Romani subgroup in the United Kingdom
* Romanians (Romanian ...
= 181 (3.86%)
*
Hungarians
Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...
= 93 (1.98%)
*
Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Jugoslaveni/Jugosloveni, Југославени/Југословени; ; ) is an identity that was originally conceived to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has been used in two connotations: ...
= 54 (1.15%)
*
Croats
The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...
= 24 (0.51%)
* Others (3.84%)
Gallery
File:Kastel park.jpg, Kastel park in autumn
File:Elemir landscape 001.jpeg, Orthodox church and primary school
File:Sunsetelemir.jpg, Sunset near Elemir
File:Elemirspring.jpg, European white stork
See also
*
List of places in Serbia
This is the list of populated places in Serbia (excluding Kosovo), as recorded by the 2002 census, sorted alphabetically by municipalities. Settlements denoted as " urban" (towns and cities) are marked bold. Population for every settlement is ...
*
List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia
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References
#Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
External links
Zrenjanin
Populated places in Serbian Banat
Populated places in Central Banat District
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