Melenci
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Melenci (Меленци) 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 and its population numbering 6,737 people (2002 census).[1] The brackish water lake of Okanj is nearby.
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[edit] Name
In Serbian the village is known as Melenci or Меленци, in Hungarian as Melence, and in German as Melenze.
[edit] Historical population
- 1961: 8,254
- 1971: 8,008
- 1981: 7,685
- 1991: 7,270
- 2002: 6,737
- 2011: 5,956
[edit] Sports
FK Rusanda Melenci is the local football club. It was founded in 1925.
[edit] Trivia
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.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
- ^ http://www.banjarusanda.rs/
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Coordinates: 45°31′N 20°19′E / 45.517°N 20.317°E
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