Banatsko Aranđelovo

Banatsko Aranđelovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Банатско Аранђелово) 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 (53.08%) with a present Hungarian (26.54%) and Romani minority (15.13%). It has a population of 1,718 people (2002 census).

Banatsko Aranđelovo Банатско Аранђелово (Serbian)
Village (Selo)
The Orthodox Church
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Coordinates: 46°03′51.59″N 20°14′36.46″E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	North Banat
Municipalities	Novi Kneževac
Elevation	77 m (253 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Banatsko Aranđelovo	1,718
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	23332
Area code	+381(0)230
Car plates	KI

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Banatsko Aranđelovo or Банатско Аранђелово (formerly also Oroslamoš / Оросламош), in Hungarian as Oroszlámos, and in Croatian as Banatsko Aranđelovo. Current village name comes from words "Banat" and "saint archangel Gabriel" ("arhangel Gavrilo" or simply "Aranđel" in Serbian) and means "the place of saint archangel Gabriel in Banat".

Historical population

• 1961: 3,700
• 1971: 3,144
• 1981: 2,245
• 1991: 1,912

See also

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

References

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

External links

• Banatsko Aranđelovo
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