Sutjeska, Sečanj

Village in Vojvodina, Serbia
Sutjeska
Сутјеска (Serbian)
Sărcia (Romanian)
Village (Selo)
The Romanian Orthodox Church
The Romanian Orthodox Church
45°23′02″N 20°41′34″E / 45.38389°N 20.69278°E / 45.38389; 20.69278
CountrySerbia
ProvinceVojvodina
DistrictCentral Banat
Elevation
53 m (174 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Sutjeska1,731
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
23244
Area code+381(0)23
Car platesZR

Sutjeska (Serbian Cyrillic: Сутјеска, pronounced [sûtjɛska]) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Sečanj municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (60.21%) and a sizable Romanian minority (28.26%) and a population of 1,737 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian the village is known as Sutjeska / Сутјеска (formerly also Sarča / Сарча), in Romanian as Sărcia, in Hungarian as Szárcsa, and in German as Sartscha.

Historical population

  • 1961: 2,752
  • 1971: 2,450
  • 1981: 2,145
  • 1991: 1,976

See also

References

  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
  • The Romanian Orthodox church.
    The Romanian Orthodox church.
  • Street detail in the village.
    Street detail in the village.


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