Melenci | |
Native Name: | Меленци |
Pushpin Map: | Serbia Vojvodina#Serbia#Europe |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Melenci within Serbia |
Settlement Type: | Village (Selo) |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Serbia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Vojvodina |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Banat |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipalities |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Total Type: | Melenci |
Population Total: | 6737 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 45.3764°N 20.3008°W |
Elevation M: | 82 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 23269, 23270 |
Area Code: | +381(0)23 |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | ZR |
Melenci (; Hungarian: Melence) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (93.40%) and its population numbering 6,737 people (2002 census).[1] The brackish water lake of Okanj is nearby.
In Serbian the village is known as Melenci or Меленци, in Hungarian as Melence, and in German as Melenze.
FK Rusanda Melenci is the local football club. It was founded in 1925.
Rusanda Spa is located on the territory of Melenci.[2]
There is an abandoned Windmill at the road to Kikinda. It is one of the last two windmills left in Banat.