Čantavir Explained

Official Name:Čantavir
Native Name:
Settlement Type:Village (Selo)
Pushpin Map:Serbia Vojvodina#Serbia#Europe
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Serbia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:49.60
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:6951
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:45.9167°N 65°W
Elevation M:121

Čantavir (Serbian: Чантавир, Hungarian: Csantavér, Croatian: Čantavir) is the largest village with Hungarian ethnic majority in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated in the municipality of Subotica, North Bačka District. The village has a population of 6,951 inhabitants (as of 2011 census). The main occupation of the villagers is agriculture and stock breeding.

History

Historical population

School and culture

There is an elementary school in Čantavir.

This school have had a very famous children's choir conducted by Éva Gubena music teacher (she got the prize "Sparkle of Culture" in 2001).In 1995, previous members of famous children's choir, (Bodor/ Huszár/ Melinda, Barkóci/ Juhász/ Szilvia, Pósa/ Faragó/ Gabriella, Sándor/ Pósa/ Csilla, Poljaković/ Zabos/ Marianna) started a ladies choir "Primavera" under conductor Éva Gubena.

From 1996 "Primavera" became a mixed voice chamber choir "Musica Viva". They have tried to bring live music to the hearts of their audience at concerts, festivals and other events. On their programme there are numerous compositions from all areas of musical history.

People

See also

Literature

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Насеља општине Суботица . stat.gov.rs . Statistical Office of Serbia . 24 October 2019 . Serbian . pdf.
  2. Web site: "": Reception of the 1956 Hungarian Refugee Students in Britain. https://web.archive.org/web/20090904092326/http://archiv.magyarszo.com/arhiva/2005/10/29/main.php?l=b18.htm. dead. 4 September 2009. 26 March 2009. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.