Pećinci

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Coordinates: 44°54′N 19°58′E / 44.9, 19.967
Pećinci Пећинци
Location of Pećinci within Serbia
Country	Serbia
District	Srem
Settlements	15
Government
- Mayor	Nikola Pavković
Area ^[1]
- Municipality	489 km² (188.8 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)^[2]
- Total	2,659
- Municipality	21,506
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	22410
Car plates	RU
Area code	+381 22
Website: http://www.pecinci.org.yu/

Pećinci (Пећинци) is a village and municipality in Srem District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 2,659, while Pećinci municipality has 21,472 inhabitants.

1 Name
2 Inhabited places
3 Historical population
4 Ethnic groups (2002 census)
5 See also

[edit] Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Pećinci (Пећинци), in Croatian as Pećinci, and in Hungarian as Pecsince. Its name derived from Serbian word "pećina" ("cave" in English).

[edit] Inhabited places

Pećinci municipality includes the following villages:

Pećinci
Ašanja
Brestač
Deč
Donji Tovarnik
Karlovčić
Kupinovo (In the Middle Ages known as Kupinik)
Obrež
Ogar
Popinci
Prhovo
Sibač
Sremski Mihaljevci
Subotište
Šimanovci

[edit] Historical population

Population of the village in different censuses:

1948: 1,276
1953: 1,299
1961: 1,414
1971: 1,700
1981: 2,232
1991: 2,422
2002: 2,659

[edit] Ethnic groups (2002 census)

The population of the Pećinci municipality:

Serbs (92.49%)
Roma (3.11%)
Others.

All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority.

[edit] See also

Municipalities and cities of Serbia

v • d • e

Central Serbia

City of Belgrade: (Barajevo • Čukarica • Grocka • Lazarevac • Mladenovac • Novi Beograd • Obrenovac • Palilula • Rakovica • Savski Venac • Sopot • Stari Grad • Surčin • Voždovac • Vračar • Zemun • Zvezdara)• City of Čačak • City of Jagodina • City of Kragujevac: (Aerodrom • Pivara • Stanovo • Stari Grad • Stragari)
• City of Kraljevo • City of Kruševac • City of Leskovac • City of Loznica • City of Niš:(Crveni Krst • Medijana • Niška Banja • Palilula • Pantelej) • City of Novi Pazar • City of Požarevac • City of Smederevo • City of Šabac • City of Užice • City of Valjevo • City of Vranje • City of Zaječar

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