Pločica Explained

Pločica
Native Name:Плочица
Pushpin Map:Serbia Vojvodina#Serbia#Europe
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Pločica within Serbia
Settlement Type:Village (Selo)
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Serbia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Vojvodina
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:South Banat
Subdivision Type3:Municipalities
Population As Of:2002
Total Type:Pločica
Population Total:2,044
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:44.7186°N 20.8839°W
Elevation M:57
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:26229
Area Code:+381(0)13
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:KO

Pločica (Serbian Cyrillic: Плочица) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kovin municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (94.32%) and a population of 2,044 (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian the village is known as Pločica (Плочица), in Hungarian as Kevepallós, in German as Ploschitz or Blauschütz, and in Romanian as Plocița.

History

The area was originally settled by Serbs in the end of the 17th century and later by the German colonists in the end of the 18th century. In 1910, village had Serb majority and sizable Danube Swabian minority. Until the Second World War, 1,300 Danube Swabians lived in Pločica.[1]

Historical population

Ethnic groups

YearTotalSerbsYugoslavsHungariansMontenegrinsMacedoniansGermansRomaniansOther
19912,01391.85%2.83%1.29%1.19%0.89%0.49%0.49%0.26%
20022,04494.32%0.44%2.1%0.29%0.29%0.29%0.29%1.98%

References

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DVHH | Banat | History | Genocide in the Yugoslavian Banat |The Southern Banat: Ploschitz . 2011-05-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110212000525/http://www.dvhh.org/banat/history/1940/yugoslavian_banat/20_ploschitz.htm . 2011-02-12 . dead .