Feketić

Feketić Фекетић (Serbian) Bácsfeketehegy (Hungarian)
Village (Selo)
Main street with Calvinist and the abandoned Lutheran Church
Feketić
Coordinates: 45°40′N 19°42′E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Area
• Total	59.3 km2 (22.9 sq mi)
Elevation	96 m (315 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	3,980
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Map of the Mali Iđoš municipality, showing the location of Feketić

Feketić (Serbian: Фекетић or Feketić, Hungarian: Bácsfeketehegy, German: Feketitsch, 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 a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,308 people, including 2,672 Hungarians (2002 census).

History

The settlement is first mentioned in 1465 as Feketehegyház.

Historical population

• 1961: 5,387
• 1971: 4,818
• 1981: 4,688
• 1991: 4,542

Notable people

• Ana Pešikan, former Minister of Science and Technology in the Government of Serbia.

See also

• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

References

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

External links

• History of Feketić (in Hungarian)
• Street Map (in Hungarian)