Stari Žednik

Stari Žednik Стари Жедник Žednik
Village
The Saint Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church
Stari Žednik
Coordinates: RS 45°57′N 19°38′E / 45.950°N 19.633°E / 45.950; 19.633
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Subotica

Kelebija

Palić

Mala Bosna

Ljutovo

Hajdukovo

Bački Vinogradi

Šupljak

Bikovo

Donji Tavankut

Gornji Tavankut

Mišićevo

Bajmok

Đurđin

Stari Žednik

Novi Žednik

Višnjevac

Čantavir

Bačko Dušanovo

Municipality of
Subotica
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Stari Žednik (also known as Žednik) is a village located in the Subotica municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The village is ethnically mixed and, according to the 2002 census, it has 2,230 inhabitants with a Croatian relative majority.

Name

In Serbian the village is known as Стари Жедник / Stari Žednik or Жедник / Žednik, in Croatian as Žednik (since 2009)^[1] or Stari Žednik (before 2009), in Hungarian as Nagyfény, and in Bunjevac as Stari Žednik or Žednik.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

• Croats = 727 (32.60%)
• Hungarians = 576 (25.83%)
• Bunjevci = 327 (14.66%)
• Serbs = 248 (11.12%)
• Yugoslavs = 139 (6.23%)
• Others (Montenegrins, Albanians, Germans, Macedonians, Rusyns, Slovaks, etc.).

Historical population

• 1981: 2,472
• 1991: 2,323
• 2011: 1,961

Tourist attractions

The Saint Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church was built by the plans of Zsigmond Moravetz, in neogothic style and opened in 1911. Its first parish priest was Hungarian Benjamin Hegedűs, and the current one is Croat Željko Šipek, who serves the community in both, Croatian and Hungarian.

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. ↑ (Croatian) Radio Subotica Tradicijski nazivi naselja vraćaju mještanima osjećaj sigurnosti, Nov 20, 2009, accessed Nov 23, 2009

Cities, towns and villages in the North Bačka District
Subotica	Bajmok Bački Vinogradi Bačko Dušanovo Bikovo Višnjevac Gornji Tavankut Donji Tavankut Đurđin Kelebija Ljutovo Mala Bosna Mišićevo Novi Žednik Palić Stari Žednik Hajdukovo Čantavir Šupljak
Bačka Topola	Bagremovo Bajša Bački Sokolac Bogaraš Gornja Rogatica Gunaroš Zobnatica Kavilo Karađorđevo Krivaja Mali Beograd Mićunovo Novo Orahovo Njegoševo Obornjača Tomislavci Panonija Pačir Pobeda Svetićevo Srednji Salaš Stara Moravica
Mali Iđoš	Lovćenac Feketić
(*) bold are municipalities or cities

Coordinates: 45°57′N 19°38′E / 45.950°N 19.633°E / 45.950; 19.633

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