Siget (Novi Kneževac)

Siget (Serbian Cyrillic: Сигет) is a village located in the Novi Kneževac municipality, in the North Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (73.27%) with a significant Hungarian minority (25.50%) and its population numbering 247 people (2002 census).

Siget Сигет (Serbian)
Village (Selo)
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Coordinates: 46°04′46″N 20°13′53″E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	North Banat
Municipalities	Novi Kneževac
Population  (2002)
• Siget	247
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+381(0)230
Car plates	KI

Name

In Serbian the settlement is known as Siget (Сигет), and in Hungarian as Sziget. Former Serbian name for this settlement was Mali Siget (Мали Сигет). Mali Siget means "little Siget", while name Veliki Siget (Велики Сигет, meaning: "big Siget") was used for neighbouring uninhabited area.

Historical population

• 1981: 358
• 1991: 294
• 2002: 247

See also

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

References

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

External links

• Municipalities of Vojvodina