Melenci
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Melenci
Меленци | |
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Coordinates: 45°22′35″N 20°18′03″E / 45.37639°N 20.30083°E | |
Country | Serbia |
Province | Vojvodina |
District | Central Banat |
Elevation | 82 m (269 ft) |
Population (2002) | |
• Melenci | 6,737 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 23269, 23270 |
Area code | +381(0)23 |
Car plates | ZR |
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Melenci (Serbian Cyrillic: Меленци; Hungarian: Melence) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (93.40%) and its population numbering 6,737 people (2002 census).[1] The brackish water lake of Okanj is nearby.
Name
[edit]In Serbian the village is known as Melenci or Меленци, in Hungarian as Melence, and in German as Melenze.
Historical population
[edit]- 1961: 8,254
- 1971: 8,008
- 1981: 7,685
- 1991: 7,270
- 2002: 6,737
- 2011: 5,956
Sports
[edit]FK Rusanda Melenci is the local football club. It was founded in 1925.
Trivia
[edit]Rusanda Spa is located on the territory of Melenci.[2]
There is an abandoned Windmill at the road to Kikinda. It is one of the last two windmills left in Banat.
See also
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