Vršački Ritovi
Vršački Ritovi
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| Coordinates:45°09′23″N21°10′11″E/ 45.15639°N 21.16972°E | |
| Country | Serbia |
| Province | Vojvodina |
| District | South Banat |
| Elevation | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Vršački Ritovi | 19[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
| Area code | +381(0)13 |
| Car plates | VŠ |
Vršački Ritovi(Serbian Cyrillic:Вршачки Ритови;Hungarian:Verseci Rétek) is a village located inSerbiaat 45° 9' 38 "North, 21° 10' 19" East. It is situated in theVršacmunicipality, inBanatregion (South Banat District),Vojvodinaprovince.
Name[edit]
InSerbian,the village is known as Вршачки Ритови orVršački Ritovi,inHungarianasVerseci Rétek,and inCroatianasVršački Ritovi.
The name of village means "Marshes OfVršac",because village is situated on the place of former marshes.
History[edit]
Village is pretty new, and was built around former large agricultural corporation "Vršački Ritovi", once driving economical force of the region. Place was populated before that, yet with just few houses. Beginning from 1950s, village started to grow, and reached its peak in mid-1970s and 1980s, with its small but pretty rich population. Break-up ofYugoslaviabrought decline of village. Leaned mostly on agricultural corporation in which majority of inhabitants were employed, village started its rapid decline. ImposedUNembargo on Yugoslavia brought halt to export of agricultural products, while breakup ofUSSR,its major market, brought total collapse. Corporation was state-owned, and started to break up itself into small companies, out of whom only fish farm remained in work.
Geography[edit]
Being officially classified as a single village,Vršački Ritoviis actually composed of two separate inhabited places: properVršački Ritovi,which is situated near the railroad that connectsVršacandZrenjaninand is some 3 km far from regional road, andNovogradnja(Serbian:Новоградња).
ProperVršački Ritoviis commonly named by inhabitants asPumpa(Serbian:Пумпа) - "The Pump", because on that place in the past was water pump.
Novogradnjagot its name for Serbian word for newly built place, and is situated on the regional Vršac-Zrenjanin road, near the administrative building of former corporation and wheat silo. Smaller than Pumpa, Novogradnja is actually main part of Vršački Ritovi and is still activelly inhabited place.
Demography[edit]
The village has aSerbethnic majority (65.93%) with a seizableHungarian(15.38%) andRroma people(7.69%). Its total population numbering 37 inhabitants (2011 census).
Historical population[edit]
- 1961: 636
- 1971: 424
- 1981: 224
- 1991: 156
- 2002: 91
- 2011: 37
- 2022: 19
References[edit]
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.