Nova Crnja (Serbian Cyrillic: Нова Црња; Hungarian: Magyarcsernye, pronounced [ˈmɒɟɒrt͡ʃɛrɲɛ]; German: Neuzerne, Romanian: Cernea Ungurească) is a village and municipality located in the Central Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 1,007, while the municipality has 8,147 inhabitants (2022 census).[2]
Nova Crnja
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Village and municipality | |
 The Saint Agatha Virgin and Martyr Catholic Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Nova Crnja within Serbia | |
| Coordinates: 45°40′N 20°36′E / 45.667°N 20.600°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Province |  Vojvodina |
| District | Central Banat |
| Government | |
| • President of municipality | Dragan Daničić (SNS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 273 km2 (105.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 77 m (253 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 8,147 |
| • Administrative | 1,007 |
| Time zone | UTC 1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 23218 |
| Area code | 381(0)23 |
| Car plates | ZR |
| Website | www.sonovacrnja.org.rs |
Inhabited places
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Nova Crnja municipality includes the following villages:
- Nova Crnja
Aleksandrovo
Vojvoda Stepa- Radojevo
Srpska Crnja
Toba (Hungarian: Tóba)
Although the village of Nova Crnja is a seat of municipality, the largest of these villages is Srpska Crnja.
Before 1961, there was one more village in the municipality, which was abandoned because of groundwater. The name of the village was Molin.
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1948 | 23,169 | — |
| 1953 | 23,382 | 0.18% |
| 1961 | 21,580 | −1.00% |
| 1971 | 18,298 | −1.64% |
| 1981 | 16,270 | −1.17% |
| 1991 | 14,538 | −1.12% |
| 2002 | 12,705 | −1.22% |
| 2011 | 10,272 | −2.33% |
| 2022 | 8,147 | −2.08% |
| Source: [3] | ||
According to the 2011 census, the population of the municipality of Novi Crnja was 10,272 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups
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The population of the Nova Crnja municipality is composed of:[4]
- Serbs (67.39%)
- Hungarians (17.71%)
- Romani (9.89%)
- Others and undeclared (5.01%)
Places with Serb ethnic majority are: Aleksandrovo, Vojvoda Stepa, Radojevo, and Srpska Crnja, while places with Hungarian ethnic majority are: Nova Crnja (Hungarian: Magyarcsernye) and Toba (Hungarian: Tóba).
- Village
The population of the Nova Crnja village is composed of:
- Hungarians (84.58%)
- Serbs (6.02%)
- Others.
Twin cities
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See also
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edit- ^ "Census 2022: Total population, by municipalities and cities". popis2022.stat.gov.rs.
- ^ "Census 2022 - excel table | ABOUT CENSUS". popis2022.stat.gov.rs. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Population by ethnicity – Nova Crnja". Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (SORS). Retrieved 28 February 2013.
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