Bečej

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Бечеј
Bečej
Óbecse

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Population || ? |- | Coordinates|| [link] |- | Area code|| +381 21 |- | Subdivisions|| 5 settlements in the municipality |- | License plate code|| ? |- | Time zone|| UTC+1 |- | Website|| n/a |- | colspan=2 | } |} Bečej (Serbian: Бечеј or Bečej, Hungarian: Óbecse, Rusin: Бечеј, Croatian: Bečej, German: Altbetsche) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 25,703, while Bečej municipality has 40,877 inhabitants. Inhabited places Bečej municipality includes the town of Bečej and the following villages: Bačko Gradište (Hungarian: Bácsföldvár) Bačko Petrovo Selo (Hungarian: Péterréve) Mileševo (Hungarian: Drea) Radičević Note: For the inhabited places with absolute or relative Hungarian ethnic majority, the names are also given in Hungarian. Ethnic groups (2002 census) Bečej is an ethnically mixed town and municipality. The population of the Bečej town is composed of: Hungarians = 11,725 (45.49%) Serbs = 11,197 (43.44%) others. The population of the Bečej municipality is composed of: Hungarians = 20,018 (48.83%) Serbs = 16,832 (41.06%) Yugoslavs = 1,070 (2.61%) Roma = 479 (1.16%) Croats = 437 (1.06%) others. Local communities with a Hungarian ethnic majority are: Bačko Petrovo Selo (Hungarian: Péterréve) and Mileševo (Hungarian: Istenföldje). There is one local community with a Serb ethnic majority: Radičević. Two local communities: Bečej (Hungarian: Óbecse) and Bačko Gradište (Hungarian: Bácsföldvár) are ethnically mixed, with the largest ethnic group there being the Hungarians. External links [Official website] [Unofficial website]   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: