Rumenka

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Rumenka
Руменка (Serbian)
Suburban settlement
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Rumenka (Vojvodina)
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Rumenka
Rumenka (Serbia)
Coordinates: 45°18′N19°45′E / 45.300°N 19.750°E / 45.300; 19.750 Coordinates: 45°18′N19°45′E / 45.300°N 19.750°E / 45.300; 19.750
Country Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Province Vojvodina
District South Bačka
Municipality Novi Sad
Area
[1]
 • Total28.55 km2 (11.02 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total6,495
 • Density230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code +381(0)21
Car plates NS

Rumenka (Serbian Cyrillic : Руменка) is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 20,000 people (2011 census).

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Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Rumenka or Руменка, in Hungarian as Piros [2] or Piross, [3] and in Croatian as Rumenka.

The story about origin of the name of Rumenka claim that in the early years of existence of the village, the land contained many red flowers and when looked upon from a distance Rumenka looked like a red field. Therefore, it was named "Rumenka" in Serbian (the name came from the word "rumen", meaning "red" in Serbian) or "Piros" in Hungarian (word that also meaning "red").

History and culture

It was first mentioned in 1237. During the Ottoman rule, in 1590, the population of the village numbered 20 houses. In this time, Rumenka was populated by Serbs. There is a Serbian Orthodox Church of Saints Peter and Paul that was built after 1849 uprising, because the old one dating way back was destroyed, a Reformate Church was built in 1836( it is the third in the row) and a Parish house (built in 1780) in the village.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19481,951—    
19532,028+3.9%
19612,546+25.5%
19712,906+14.1%
19813,629+24.9%
19914,361+20.2%
20015,729+31.4%
20116,495+13.4%
Source: Census [4]

Features

Rumenka is located near the Danube-Tisa-Danube channel. Although Rumenka is located near Novi Sad, the largest city in Vojvodina, the main branch of industry in the village is farming.

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References

  1. ↑ "Насеља општине Нови Сад" (pdf). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Piros (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. ↑ Piross (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  4. ↑ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia: Comparative Overview of the Number of Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011, Data by settlements" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2014. ISBN   978-86-6161-109-4 . Retrieved 2014-06-27.
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