Krajišnik, Sečanj

Krajišnik Крајишник (Serbian)
Village (Selo)
Park in the centre of the village
45°27′06″N 20°43′27″E / 45.45167°N 20.72417°E / 45.45167; 20.72417
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	Central Banat
Elevation	58 m (190 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Krajišnik	2,241
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	23231
Area code	+381(0)23
Car plates	ZR

Krajišnik (Serbian Cyrillic: Крајишник) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Sečanj municipality, Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (91.83%) and its population is 2,241 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Krajišnik or Крајишник, in German as Stefansfeld, in Hungarian as Istvánfölde (until 1890 Stefanföld), and in Croatian as Krajišnik. The name is derived from the word Krajina, and means "a resident of Krajina".

Its former name used in Serbian was Šupljaja / Шупљаја. This name is found in the records since 1660.

Historical population

• 1869: 2,329
• 1900: 2,344
• 1948: 3,926
• 1953: 3,733
• 1961: 3,357
• 1971: 2,712
• 1981: 2,495
• 1991: 2,428

See also

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

References

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

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