Banatski Despotovac

Park in the centre of the village. The razed Catholic Church stood here until the end of the 1940s.

Banatski Despotovac (Банатски Деспотовац) is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,620 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Banatski Despotovac or Банатски Деспотовац, in Hungarian as Ernőháza, and in German as Ernesthausen.

Its name derived from Serbian word "despot" (a Medieval ruling title), while word "banatski" refer to its location in the region of Banat in the contrast to the town of Despotovac located in Central Serbia.

Historical population

1961: 2,864
1971: 2,289
1981: 1,993
1991: 1,823

References

Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

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Banatski Despotovac

Cities, towns and villages in the Central Banat District

Zrenjanin: Aradac • Banatski Despotovac • Belo Blato • Botoš • Elemir • Ečka • Jankov Most • Klek • Knićanin • Lazarevo • Lukino Selo • Lukićevo • Melenci • Mihajlovo • Orlovat • Perlez • Stajićevo • Taraš • Tomaševac • Farkaždin • Čenta
Žitište: Banatski Dvor • Banatsko Višnjićevo • Banatsko Karađorđevo • Međa • Novi Itebej • Ravni Topolovac • Srpski Itebej • Torak • Torda • Hetin • Čestereg
Nova Crnja: Aleksandrovo • Vojvoda Stepa • Radojevo • Srpska Crnja • Toba
Novi Bečej: Bočar • Kumane • Novo Miloševo
Sečanj: Banatska Dubica • Boka • Busenje • Jarkovac • Jaša Tomić • Konak • Krajišnik • Neuzina • Sutjeska • Šurjan
(*) bold are municipalities

Coordinates: 45°22′N, 20°40′E

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