Čenej is a village located in the Novi Sad

Novi Sad

Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....

 municipality, in the South Bačka District

South Backa District

South Bačka District is a northern district of Serbia. It lies in the southern part of Bačka and northern part of Syrmia, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 607,835...

 of Serbia

Serbia

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. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina

Vojvodina

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. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a population numbering 2,115 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian

Serbian language

Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....

, the village is known as Ченеј or Čenej, in Croatian

Croatian language

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 as Čenej, and in Hungarian

Hungarian language

Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....

 as Csenej.

Geography

It is located in the north-eastern part of the Novi Sad municipality. Two small neighbouring settlements known as Pejićevi Salaši

Pejicevi Salaši

Pejićevi Salaši is a small suburban settlement near Novi Sad, Serbia. It is located between Novi Sad, Čenej, and Kać. Officially, Pejićevi Salaši is not regarded as a separate settlement, but as part of village of Čenej. However, Pejićevi Salaši, together with neighbouring Nemanovci, have their...

 and Nemanovci

Nemanovci

Nemanovci is a small suburban settlement near Novi Sad, Serbia. It is located between Novi Sad, Čenej, and Kać. Officially, Nemanovci is not regarded as a separate settlement, but as part of village of Čenej. However, Nemanovci, together with neighbouring Pejićevi Salaši, have their own local...

 are also officially regarded as parts of Čenej.

History and culture

In 1237, a settlement named terra Chemey was mentioned at this location. The modern village of Čenej emanated from the grouped farms (salaši) around the local road Bački Jarak - Zmajevo. There is a Serb Orthodox church from 1835 in the village.

See also

• Novi Sad
  Novi Sad
  Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
  
  
• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina