- Kupinovo
Kupinovo (Купиново) is a village in
Serbia . It is located in thePećinci municipality, inSrem District ,Vojvodina province. In 2002, the population of the village numbered 2,047 people, of whom 1,852 were ethnicSerbs .Name
In Serbian, the village is known as "Kupinovo" (Купиново), formerly also Kupinik (Купиник); in Croatian as "Kupinovo"; and in Hungarian as "Kölpény" or "Kelpény". The name of the village derived from Serbian word "kupina" ("blackberry" in English).
History
In the Middle Ages, Kupinik was a notable city and was a residence of Serbian despots in
Syrmia in the 15th and 16th century.Historical population
*1961: 2,220
*1971: 2,057
*1981: 2,002
*1991: 2,009
*2002: 2,047Famous residents
*The most famous resident of Kupinovo is
Miki Đuričić , the most popular contestant of the first serial of Serbian "Big Brother".
*It was the residence of the famous Serbian noble family, the "Stratimirović" (Стратимировић).References
*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
*Gudenus János: A magyarországi főnemesség.ee also
*
List of places in Serbia
*List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina External links
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/2/Kupinovo2.html Kupinovo]
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