Ečka

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Ečka (Ечка) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. As of the 2002 census, the population of the village was 4,513 people.

Contents 1 Name 2 Ethnic groups (2002 census) 3 Historical population 4 References 5 See also 6 External links 7 Additional Pictures

[edit] Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Ečka or Ечка, in Romanian as Ecica, in Croatian as Ečka, in German as Deutsch-Etschka, and in Hungarian as Écska (until 1899: Német-Écska and Román-Écska).

[edit] Ethnic groups (2002 census)

• Serbs = 2,483 (55.02%)
• Romanians = 1,325 (29.36%)
• Hungarians = 196 (4.34%)
• Yugoslavs = 123 (2.73%)
• Roma = 72 (1.60%)

[edit] Historical population

• 1900: 4,892
• 1931: 5,207
• 1948: 3,934
• 1953: 4,188
• 1961: 4,323
• 1971: 4,621
• 1981: 5,293
• 1991: 5,172

[edit] References

1. Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
2. Msgr. Erős Lajos, Adalékok a Zrenjanini-Nagybecskereki Egyházmegye történetéhez, 1993. (Additamenta ad historiam Diocesis Zrenjaninensis-Nagybecskerekensis)

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Ečka
• About Ečka

[edit] Additional Pictures

The Romanian Orthodox Church

The Catholic Church

The Catholic Church

The Catholic Cemetery gateway

Coordinates: 45°19′N, 20°27′E