Kruščić Explained

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).

Name

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".

Ethnic groups

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:

Historical population

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