Sečanj (, hu, Torontálszécsány) is a town located in the Central Banat District of the autonomous province of

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 ...

, Serbia. The town itself has a population of 2,373, while the Sečanj municipality has 13,267 inhabitants.

Name

"Sečanj" is a

Slavic name Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-basic names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ...

for the first month in the calendar year. The Serbian

Ekavian Shtokavian or Štokavian (; sh-Latn, štokavski / sh-Cyrl, italics=no, штокавски, ) is the prestige dialect of the pluricentric Serbo-Croatian language and the basis of its Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin standards. It ...

variant of this name was eventually replaced with the Latin-derived "Januar", while the Croatian

Ijekavian Shtokavian or Štokavian (; sh-Latn, štokavski / sh-Cyrl, italics=no, штокавски, ) is the prestige dialect of the pluricentric Serbo-Croatian language and the basis of its Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin standards. It ...

variant "Siječanj" remains in use in Croatia. In Serbian and

Croatian Croatian may refer to: * Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (disambiguation) * Croatia (disambiguation) * Croatoan (disambiguation) * Hrvatski (disambiguation) * Hrvatsko (disambiguation) * S ...

, the town is known as ''Sečanj'' (Сечањ), in Hungarian as ''Szécsány'' or ''Torontálszécsány'', in

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

as ''Setschan'' or ''Petersheim'', and in

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language *** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...

as ''Seceani''. Serbian, Hungarian, and Romanian language are officially used by municipal authorities.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the population of the municipality of Sečanj was 13,267 inhabitants.

Ethnic composition

The settlements with Serb ethnic majority are: Sečanj, Banatska Dubica, Boka, Jarkovac, Jaša Tomić, Krajišnik, and Sutjeska. The settlement with Hungarian ethnic majority is Busenje. Ethnically mixed settlements with relative Serb majority are: Konak, Neuzina and Šurjan.

Inhabited places

The Sečanj municipality includes also the following villages: * Jaša Tomić * Banatska Dubica * Boka * Busenje ( hu, Káptalanfalva) *

Jarkovac Jarkovac () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Sečanj municipality, Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (76.27%), with Hungarian (8.69%) and Romanian (5.72%) minorities. Its population ...

* Konak * Krajišnik * Neuzina * Sutjeska * Šurjan 1871 Torontal 5kr Serbia

Twin towns – sister cities

Azov Azov (russian: Азов), previously known as Azak, is a town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, situated on the Don River just from the Sea of Azov, which derives its name from the town. Population: History Early settlements in the vicinity The mo ...

, Russia (2018)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Secanj Populated places in Serbian Banat Municipalities and cities of Vojvodina Central Banat District