Zagajica

Zagajica
Загајица
Street detail
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Location of Zagajica within Serbia
Zagajica
Zagajica (Serbia)
Zagajica
Zagajica (Europe)
Coordinates: 44°58′25″N 21°13′17″E / 44.97361°N 21.22139°E / 44.97361; 21.22139
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
DistrictSouth Banat
Municipality Vršac
Elevation
115 m (377 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Zagajica
492
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
26344
Area code+381(0)13
Car plates

Zagajica (Serbian Cyrillic: Загајица; Hungarian: Fürjes) is a village in the Vršac municipality of the South Banat District in Vojvodina province, Serbia. It is 53.4 miles from Belgrade, at the coordinates 44.97806 N 21.22444 E. At the 2011 census its population was 492, with a Serb ethnic majority of 89.21%.

Etymology

In Serbian, the village is known as Zagajica (Загајица), in Hungarian as Fürjes, and in Croatian as Zagajica. The nearby Zagajička Brda (Zagajica Hills) are named for it.

Historical population

  • 1961: 1,214
  • 1971: 1,055
  • 1981: 928
  • 1991: 790
  • 2002: 575
  • 2011: 492

See also

References

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