Nova Crnja is a village and municipality in Central Banat District

Central Banat District

Central Banat District is a northeastern district of Serbia. It lies in the region of Banat, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 208,456...

 of Vojvodina

Vojvodina

Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...

, Serbia

Serbia

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. The village has a population of 1,858, while Nova Crnja municipality has 12,661 inhabitants.

Inhabited places

Nova Crnja municipality includes the following villages:

• Nova Crnja
• Aleksandrovo
• Vojvoda Stepa
  Vojvoda Stepa
  Vojvoda Stepa is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Nova Crnja municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The population of the village numbering 1,720 people , of whom majority are ethnic Serbs.-Name:...
  
  
• Radojevo
  Radojevo
  Radojevo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the municipality of Nova Crnja, Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population is 1,385 people .-Name:...
  
  
• Srpska Crnja
  Srpska Crnja
  Srpska Crnja is a town in Serbia, situated in central-east Banat alongside the border with Romania. It is located in Nova Crnja municipality, Central Banat District, Province of Vojvodina. It is about 150 km away from the capital city of Belgrade, 113 km from Novi Sad, 9 km...
  
  
• Toba
  Toba (Nova Crnja)
  Toba is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Nova Crnja municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 691 people .-History:...
  
   (Hungarian: Tóba)

Although the village of Nova Crnja is a seat of municipality, the largest of these villages is Srpska Crnja.

Before 1961, there was one more village in the municipality, which was abandoned because of groundwater. The name of the village was Molin

Molin

Molin was a village in Banat, Serbia. The village was founded in 1833 and existed until 1961. It was located in the Nova Crnja municipality, Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village was abandoned because of groundwater...

.

Historical population

Population of the village in different censuses:

• 1948: 3,105
• 1953: 3,310
• 1961: 3,317
• 1971: 2,911
• 1981: 2,739
• 1991: 2,353
• 2002: 1,861

Ethnic groups in the municipality

The population of the Nova Crnja municipality is composed of:

• Serbs
  Serbs
  The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
  
   (70.31%)
• Hungarians (18.64%)
• Roma (6.83%)
• Others.

Settlements by ethnic majority

Places with Serb ethnic majority are: Aleksandrovo, Vojvoda Stepa, Radojevo, and Srpska Crnja, while places with Hungarian ethnic majority are: Nova Crnja (Hungarian: Magyarcsernye) and Toba (Hungarian: Tóba).

Ethnic groups in the village

The population of the Nova Crnja village is composed of:

• Hungarians (84.58%)
• Serbs
  Serbs
  The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
  
   (6.02%)
• Others.

See also

• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina