Nova Crnja

Nova Crnja Нова Црња Magyarcsernye
Municipality and Town
The Saint Agatha Virgin and Martyr Catholic Church The Saint Agatha Virgin and Martyr Catholic Church
Coat of arms of Nova Crnja Coat of arms
Nova Crnja Location of Nova Crnja within Serbia
Nova Crnja Location of Nova Crnja within Vojvodina
Coordinates:
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	Central Banat
Government
• President of municipality	Pera Milankov
Area
• Nova Crnja	273 km2 (105.4 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Nova Crnja	1,491
• Metro	10,272
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	23218
Area code(s)	+381(0)23
Car plates	ZR
Website	www.sonovacrnja.org.rs

Map of Nova Crnja municipality

Nova Crnja (Serbian Cyrillic: Нова Црња; Hungarian: Magyarcsernye, pronounced [ˈmɒɟɒrt͡ʃɛrɲɛ]; German: Neuzerne) is a village and municipality in Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 1,491, while Nova Crnja municipality has 10,272 inhabitants.

Inhabited places

Nova Crnja municipality includes the following villages:

• Nova Crnja
• Aleksandrovo x15px
• Vojvoda Stepa x15px
• Radojevo
• Srpska Crnja x17px
• Toba (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.

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

Demographics (2011 census)

See also: Serbs in Vojvodina, Hungarians in Vojvodina, Romani people of Vojvodina, and List of Hungarian communities in Vojvodina

Ethnic groups in the municipality

The population of the Nova Crnja municipality is composed of:

• Serbs (67.39%)
• Hungarians (17.71%)
• Romani (9.89%)
• Others and undeclared (5.01%)

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 (6.02%)
• Others.

Twin cities

• Nagyszénás, Hungary
• Jimbolia, Romania

See also

• Municipalities of Serbia
• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
• Central Banat District