Pećinci

Infobox Serbia municipality
native_name = Пећинци|official_name=Pećinci
mayor = Nikola Pavković
district = Srem
area_km2 = 489
population_total = 2659
mpop = 21506
settlement_type= Village
latd = 44| latm = 54|longd = 19| longm = 58
code = 22
settlements = 15
plates = RU
postal_code = 22410
website = www.pecinci.org.yu

Pećinci (Пећинци) is a village and municipality in Srem District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 2,659, while Pećinci municipality has 21,472 inhabitants.

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as "Pećinci" (Пећинци), in Croatian as "Pećinci", and in Hungarian as "Pecsince". Its name derived from Serbian word "pećina" ("cave" in English).

Inhabited places

Pećinci municipality includes the following villages:
*Pećinci
*Ašanja
*Brestač
*Deč
*Donji Tovarnik
*Karlovčić
*Kupinovo (In the Middle Ages known as Kupinik)
*Obrež
*Ogar
*Popinci
*Prhovo
*Sibač
*Sremski Mihaljevci
*Subotište
*Šimanovci

Historical population

Population of the village in different censuses:
*1948: 1,276
*1953: 1,299
*1961: 1,414
*1971: 1,700
*1981: 2,232
*1991: 2,422
*2002: 2,659

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

The population of the Pećinci municipality:
*Serbs (92.49%)
*Roma (3.11%)
*Others.

All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority.

ee also

*List of places in Serbia
*List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

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