Official Name: | Kruščić |
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: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Bačka |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | West Bačka |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Kula |
Leader Title: | Village chief |
Leader Name: | Radisav Zejak |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 1,852 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 45.6167°N 41°W |
Website: | https://kruscicrs.tk/ |
Kruščić is a village in the Kula municipality, West Bačka District, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia.The population of the village is ethnically mixed and numbers 1,852 people (2011 census).
Before the Second World War, the village was called Veprovac (Вепровац).
After the war, during colonization, the village was inhabited by colonists, mostly from Kolašin and its surroundings. In 1950, the name of the village was changed to Kruščić, after the national hero from World War II Vukman Kruščić (1909-1942), who was caught and killed on 20 January 1942, along with another 30 or so partisans, by the chetniks of Pavle Đurišić.
In Hungarian, the village is known as "Veprőd", in Ukrainian and Rusyn as "Крущич", and in German as "Weprovatz".
There are 1884 adult residents living in the village of Kruščić and the average age of the residents is 40.5 years (38.4 for men and 42.7 for women). The village has 773 households and the average number of residents per household is 3.04.
The population in this village is very inhomogeneous. In the last three censuses, a decline in population has been noticed.
According to the 2002 census, the ethnic groups included are: