Rumenka
Name
In Serbian and Croatian, the village is known as Rumenka (Руменка), and in Hungarian as Piros or Piross.
The story about origin of the name of Rumenka claim that in the early years of existence of the village, the land contained many red flowers and when looked upon from a distance Rumenka looked like a red field. Therefore, it was named "Rumenka" in Serbian (the name came from the word "rumen", meaning "red" in Serbian) or "Piros" in Hungarian (word that also meaning "red").
History and culture
It was first mentioned in 1237. During the Ottoman rule, in 1590, the population of the village numbered 20 houses. In this time, Rumenka was populated by Serbs. There is a Serbian Orthodox Church of Saints Peter and Paul that was built after 1849 uprising, because the old one dating way back was destroyed, a Reformate Church was built in 1836( it is the third in the row) and a Parish house (built in 1780) in the village.
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 1,951 | — |
| 1953 | 2,028 | +3.9% |
| 1961 | 2,546 | +25.5% |
| 1971 | 2,906 | +14.1% |
| 1981 | 3,629 | +24.9% |
| 1991 | 4,361 | +20.2% |
| 2001 | 5,729 | +31.4% |
| 2011 | 6,495 | +13.4% |
| Source: Census | ||
Features
Rumenka is located near the Danube-Tisa-Danube channel. Although Rumenka is located near Novi Sad, the largest city in Vojvodina, the main branch of industry in the village is farming.
Gallery
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The Calvinist Church
See also
References
- ^ "Насеља општине Нови Сад" (pdf). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ Piros (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Piross (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia: Comparative Overview of the Number of Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011, Data by settlements" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2014. ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
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