Plandište
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| General Information | |
| District | South Banat |
| Land area | 383 km² |
| Population (2002 census) |
4,270 (village) 13,377 (municipality) |
| Settlements | 14 |
| Coordinates | |
| Area code | +381 13 |
| Car plates | VŠ |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) |
| Website | http://www.plandiste.com/ |
| Politics | |
| Mayor | Zoran Vorkapić |
Plandište (Пландиште) is a village and municipality in South Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 4,248, while Plandište municipality has 13,355 inhabitants.
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[edit] Name
In Serbian, the village is known as Пландиште or Plandište, in Romanian as Plandişte, in Hungarian as Zichyfalva, and in German as Zichydorf.
The name of the village derived from the word "plandovati" used in the local Serbian dialect, which in modern standard Serbian means "odmarati", and in English means "rest".
[edit] Inhabited places
Plandište municipality includes the following villages:
- Plandište
- Banatski Sokolac
- Barice
- Velika Greda
- Veliki Gaj
- Dužine
- Jermenovci
- Kupinik
- Laudonovac
- Margita
- Markovićevo
- Miletićevo
- Stari Lec
- Hajdučica
[edit] Population
Historical population of the village:
| Year | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 |
| Total | 2,937 | 2,636 | 3,128 | 3,192 | 2,846 | 3,120 | 3,281 | 3,040 | 3,096 | 3,509 | 3,769 | 4,122 |
[edit] Ethnic groups
[edit] Ethnic groups in the municipality
- Serbs (56.36%)
- Hungarians (12.1%)
- Macedonians (9.69%)
- Romanians (7.21%)
- Slovaks (5.41%)
- Yugoslavs (2.24%)
- Roma (2.01%)
[edit] Settlements by ethnic majority
Settlements with Serb ethnic majority are: Plandište, Banatski Sokolac, Velika Greda, Veliki Gaj, Dužine, Kupinik, Laudonovac, Markovićevo, Miletićevo, and Stari Lec. The settlement with Romanian ethnic majority is Barice. The settlement with Hungarian ethnic majority is Jermenovci. Ethnically mixed settlement with relative Serb majority is Margita. Ethnically mixed settlement with relative Slovak majority is Hajdučica.
[edit] Ethnic groups in the village
| Year | Total | Serbs | Macedonians | Yugoslavs | Hungarians | Romanians | Slovaks | Montenegrins | Unknown |
| 1991 | 4,380 | 54.84% | 23.69% | 9.2% | 5.57% | 1.57% | 0.82% | 0.66% | 3.65% |
| 2002 | 4,270 | 59.46% | 21.31% | 3.93% | 5.69% | 1.7% | 0.96% | 0.42% | 6.53% |
[edit] See also
[edit] Gallery
 The center of the village and the Catholic Church |
 The Queen of Rosary Catholic Church |
