Official Name: | Parage |
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: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Bačka (Podunavlje) |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | South Bačka |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Bačka Palanka |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 921 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 45.4167°N 43°W |
Postal Code: | 21434 |
Area Code: | 021 |
Registration Plate: | BP |
Parage is a village located in the Bačka Palanka municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,039 people (2002 census).
In Serbian, the village is known as Parage (Параге), in Croatian as Parage, and in Hungarian as Parrag.
Since its foundation, the village was mainly inhabited by Serbs. First historical source citing Parage dates back to 1473. At the end of 18th century village with entire population was moved 4 km to north, due to high ground-water levels, but also to make space for expansion of Gajdobra, place colonised with Germans by Austrian monarchy.
Year | Inhabitants | |
---|---|---|
1722 | 51 households | |
1788 | 88 households | |
1875 | 1,151 | |
1905 | 1,466 | |
1961 | 1,338 | |
1971 | 1,306 | |
1981 | 1,199 | |
1991 | 1,134 | |
2002 | 1,039 | |
2011 | 921 |