Feketić
Village in Vojvodina, Serbia
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Feketić (Serbian Cyrillic: Фекетић, Hungarian: Bácsfeketehegy, German: Feketitsch or Schwarzenberg) is a village located in the Mali Iđoš municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has population of 3,280 inhabitants.
Feketić
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Main street with Calvinist and the abandoned Lutheran Church | |
| Coordinates: 45°40′N 19°42′E | |
| Country | |
| Province | |
| District | North Bačka District |
| Municipality | |
| Area | |
• Total | 59.3 km2 (22.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 96 m (315 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 3,280 |
| • Density | 55.3/km2 (143/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
History
The settlement is first mentioned in 1465 as Feketehegyház.
Demographics
Historical population
- 1961: 5,387
- 1971: 4,818
- 1981: 4,688
- 1991: 4,542
- 2002: 4,336
- 2011: 3,890
- 2022: 3,280
Ethnic groups
According to data from the 2022 census, ethnic groups in the village include:[1]
- 1,774 (54.1%) Hungarians
- 770 (23.4%) Serbs
- 248 (7.5%) Montenegrins
- 160 (4.8%) Roma
- Others/Undeclared/Unknown
Historical population
Notable people
- Maurice Krishaber, naturalised French Hungarian otorhinolaryngologist.
- Ana Pešikan, former Minister of Science and Technology in the Government of Serbia.
- Yuri Schwebler, conceptual artist