Bački Petrovac

Bački Petrovac Бачки Петровац Báčsky Petrovec
—  Municipality and Town  —
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Bački Petrovac within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°22′N 19°36′E / 45.367°N 19.6°E / 45.367; 19.6
Country	Serbia
District	South Bačka
Settlements	4
Government
– Mayor	Fedor Turan (DS)
Area[1]
– Municipality	158 km2 (61 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)[2]
– Town	6,727
– Municipality	14,681
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	21470
Area code	+381 21
Car plates	NS
Website	www.backipetrovac.rs

Map of Bački Petrovac municipality

Bački Petrovac (Cyrillic: Бачки Петровац; Slovak: Petrovec or Báčsky Petrovec, Hungarian: Petrőc) is a town and municipality in the South Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 6,731, while Bački Petrovac municipality has 14,649 inhabitants.

Inhabited places

Bački Petrovac municipality includes the town of Bački Petrovac and the following villages:

• Gložan (Slovak: Hložany)
• Kulpin (Slovak: Kulpín)
• Maglić

Note: for the places with Slovak majority, the names are also given in Slovak.

Bački Petrovac is economical, cultural and administrative center of the municipality. It is a settlement of a town character, while the other three are villages of Pannonian type.

History

Being in south Bačka which according to special climatic and other conditions is one of the most fertile parts of Serbia, very suitable for settling down, here in this region people made their settlements very early. The first written records about Petrovac appears in the 13th century when Petrovac is mentioned as a church parish belonging to Bač County. Later that name is changed into Petrovac. Its first inhabitants were the Hungarians and Serbs. In the first half of the 18th century (1745) the Slovaks settled here. Since then Petrovac developed so that it represents cultural, economic, chlerical and political center of the Slovaks in this region.

Economy

Agriculture is the most important economic activity based on the production of field crops (wheat, corn, broom weed, sugar beet, hop), cattle, breeding dud ponetry and vegetable crops. Besides agriculture there is also some industry manufacture, metal and chemical. Manufacture of wood civil engineering, printing activities, etc.

Demographics (2002 census)

Ethnic groups in the municipality

The ethnic Slovaks form a majority of the population in the municipality. There are 9,751 ethnic Slovaks in the municipality or 66% of population. Other ethnic groups are: Serbs (3,779 or 25.74%), Yugoslavs (293 or 1.99%), and others.

Settlements by ethnic majority

Settlements with Slovak majorities are: Bački Petrovac (Slovak: Báčsky Petrovec), Gložan (Slovak: Hložany), and Kulpin (Slovak: Kulpin). There is one settlement with a Serb majority: Maglić.

Ethnic groups in the town

Population of the town of Bački Petrovac include 5,549 Slovaks, 573 Serbs, 169 Yugoslavs, and others.

The town is located in southern Bačka (hence the name), some 25 km northwest of Novi Sad, the capital of Vojvodina. It is the cultural center of Slovaks in the province, and other places in the eponymous municipalities are also inhabited by many Slovaks.

Historical population of the town

• 1961: 8,104
• 1971: 7,822
• 1981: 7,729
• 1991: 7,236

Politics

Seats in the municipality parliament won in the 2004 local elections: [1]

• Democratic Party (7)
• G17 Plus (5)
• Together for Vojvodina (4)
• Serbian Radical Party (3)
• Group of the citizens "For changes" (3)
• Socialist Party of Serbia (2)
• Group of the citizens - Socialdemocratic Party (2)
• Slovak People's Party (2)
• Group of the citizens of Kulpin "For municipality of Bački Petrovac" (2)
• Serbian Strength Movement (1)

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Serbia

Twin towns — Sister cities

Bački Petrovac is twinned with:

• Martin, Slovakia
• Nitra, Slovakia
• Ružomberok, Slovakia

See also

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

References

• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

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. 

External links

• Bački Petrovac municipality (Serbian) and (Slovak)
• Ján Kollár Grammar School (Slovak)
• Petrovec Online community (Slovak)
• Unofficial presentation of town (Slovak) and (English)
• Matica Slovenska v Juhoslavii (Slovak)
• Vladimír Hurban Vladimírov Theatre (Slovak)
• Hlas Ľudu weekly magazine (Slovak)
• Photographs of Bački Petrovac