Veliko Središte

Veliko Središte (Serbian Cyrillic: Велико Средиште; Hungarian: Nagyszered) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Vršac municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province.

Veliko Središte
Велико Средиште
A street in the village, the Orthodox church, and the typical motif from Vojvodinian villages: cows going home after daily pasture.
A street in the village, the Orthodox church, and the typical motif from Vojvodinian villages: cows going home after daily pasture.
Coat of arms of Veliko Središte
Veliko Središte is located in Vojvodina
Veliko Središte
Veliko Središte
Location of Veliko Središte within Serbia
Veliko Središte is located in Serbia
Veliko Središte
Veliko Središte
Veliko Središte (Serbia)
Veliko Središte is located in Europe
Veliko Središte
Veliko Središte
Veliko Središte (Europe)
Coordinates: 45°10′24″N 21°24′13″E
CountrySerbia
ProvinceVojvodina
DistrictSouth Banat
Elevation
121 m (397 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Veliko Središte1,269
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
26334
Area code+381(0)13
Car plates

Demography

The village has a Serb ethnic majority (77.91%) and its population numbering 1,269 people (2011 census). There is a sizable number of ethnic Hungarians (7.38%), Czechs (4.25%), Romanians (2.38%) and other minorities as well as ethnically mixed families which is not uncommon in Vojvodina.

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Veliko Središte (Велико Средиште), in Hungarian as Nagyszered, in Romanian as Srediștea Mare, and in German as Groß-Sredischte.

Historical population

  • 1961: 2,120
  • 1971: 1,815
  • 1981: 1,698
  • 1991: 1,584
  • 2002: 1,340
  • 2011: 1,269

See also

References

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


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