Novi Žednik

Novi Žednik Нови Жедник
Village
Novi Žednik
Coordinates: RS 45°56′N 19°40′E / 45.933°N 19.667°E / 45.933; 19.667
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Population (2002)
• Total	2,848
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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Novi Žednik (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Жедник) 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 has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,848 people (2002 census). The village contains an elementary school, an old Orthodox church and a newly build Orthodox church as well a train station. The village has a Catholic minority who attend religious services in nearby village of Stari Žednik since there are no Catholic churches in this village.

Name

In Serbian the settlement is known as Novi Žednik (Нови Жедник), in Bunjevac as Novi Žednik, in Hungarian as Újfény, and in Croatian as Novi Žednik. Sometimes, it is known simply as Žednik (Жедник).

Ethnic groups (2002)

• Serbs = 1,805 (63.38%)
• Bunjevci = 398 (13.98%)
• Hungarians = 240 (8.43%)
• Croats = 206 (7.23%)
• Yugoslavs = 44 (1.55%)
• Montenegrins = 35 (1.23%)

Historical population

• 1961: 6,931
• 1971: 6,090
• 1981: 3,195
• 1991: 2,932
• 2011: 2,399

Famous people

• Živko Slijepčević (Retired football player; Coach)

References

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

See also

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

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°56′N 19°40′E / 45.933°N 19.667°E / 45.933; 19.667

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