Plandište

Plandište Пландиште
—  Village  —
The new Orthodox church
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Plandište within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°14′N 21°07′E / 45.233°N 21.117°E / 45.233; 21.117
Country	Serbia
District	South Banat
Settlements	14
Government
– Mayor	Zoran Vorkapić
Area[1]
– Municipality	383 km2 (147.9 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)[2]
– Town	4,270
– Municipality	13,377
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	26360
Area code	+381 13
Car plates	VŠ
Website	www.plandiste.com/

Map of Plandište municipality

Plandište (Пландиште) is a village and municipality in South Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 4,248, while Plandište municipality has 13,355 inhabitants. One of municipality's best known landmarks is Kapetanovo Castle, located in Stari Lec.

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Пландиште or Plandište, in Romanian as Plandişte, in Hungarian as Zichyfalva, and in German as Zichydorf.

The name of the village derived from the word "plandovati" used in the local Serbian dialect, which in modern standard Serbian means "odmarati", and in English means "rest".

History

First data about this settlement is from the second half of the 17th century when it was mentioned under name "Morminta". In this time, settlement was populated by Serbs. After Germans were settled in this area (in 1783), settlement was expanded and named "Zičidorf". In 1805, settlement had population of 2,037 people. After World War I it was named "Mariolana" and after World War II it was named "Plandište". In the end of World War II, Germans left to Germany, while 1,919 colonists from Macedonia, other places of Vojvodina, Slovenia and Croatia settled in Plandište. Before World War I, settlement was part of Banlok municipality, and later it was part of Vršac municipality. During 1950s, Plandište became administrative seat of its own municipality.

Source: Stevan Kovačević, Gradovi Srbije u slici i reči, Beograd, 2010.

Inhabited places

Plandište municipality includes the following villages:

• Plandište
• Banatski Sokolac
• Barice
• Velika Greda
• Veliki Gaj
• Dužine
• Jermenovci
• Kupinik
• Laudonovac
• Margita
• Markovićevo
• Miletićevo
• Stari Lec
• Hajdučica

Population

Historical population of the village:

Year	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981
Total	2,937	2,636	3,128	3,192	2,846	3,120	3,281	3,040	3,096	3,509	3,769	4,122

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups in the municipality

• Serbs (56.36%)
• Hungarians (12.1%)
• Macedonians (9.69%)
• Romanians (7.21%)
• Slovaks (5.41%)
• Yugoslavs (2.24%)
• Roma (2.01%)

Settlements by ethnic majority

Settlements with Serb ethnic majority are: Plandište, Banatski Sokolac, Velika Greda, Veliki Gaj, Dužine, Kupinik, Laudonovac, Markovićevo, Miletićevo, and Stari Lec. The settlement with Romanian ethnic majority is Barice. The settlement with Hungarian ethnic majority is Jermenovci. Ethnically mixed settlement with relative Serb majority is Margita. Ethnically mixed settlement with relative Slovak majority is Hajdučica.

Ethnic groups in the village

Year	Total	Serbs	Macedonians	Yugoslavs	Hungarians	Romanians	Slovaks	Montenegrins	Unknown
1991	4,380	54.84%	23.69%	9.2%	5.57%	1.57%	0.82%	0.66%	3.65%
2002	4,270	59.46%	21.31%	3.93%	5.69%	1.7%	0.96%	0.42%	6.53%

See also

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

References

1. ^ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/axd/en/Zip/OG2006webE.zip. Retrieved 2010-11-28. 
2. ^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia – FIRST RESULTS". Bulletin (Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia) 540. 2011. ISSN 0354-3641. http://media.popis2011.stat.rs/2011/prvi_rezultati.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 

Gallery

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  The center of the village and the Catholic Church

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  The Queen of Rosary Catholic Church

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  Kapetanovo Castle