Becicherecu Mic is a commune in Romania

Romania

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, in Timiş County

Timis County

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, Banat

Banat

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, near the city of Timişoara

Timisoara

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. It is composed of a single village, Becicherecu Mic. It also included Dudeştii Noi

Dudestii Noi

Dudeştii Noi is a commune in Timiş County, Banat, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Dudeştii Noi, part of Becicherecu Mic Commune until 2004, when it was split off.-Geography:...

 village until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune.

Its name means "Small Becicherec", as opposed to the "Great Becicherec" ("Becicherecu Mare" in Romanian), located in Serbia

Serbia

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 and renamed Zrenjanin

Zrenjanin

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 in 1946.

At the end of World War II

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 many of the German

Germans

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inhabitants left the village.