Stepanovicevo
Encyclopedia
Stepanovićevo is a village in Serbia
. It is located in the Novi Sad municipality
, in the South Bačka District
, Vojvodina
province. The village has a Serb
ethnic majority and a population of 2,214 people (2002 census
). Stepanovićevo is situated about 20 km north-west from Novi Sad
, between the villages of Kisač
and Zmajevo
.
who distinguished himself in Serbia's wars from 1876 to 1918. In Serbian
Cyrillic, the village is known as Степановићево, in Serbian Latin and Croatian
as Stepanovićevo, and in Hungarian
as Bácshadikfalva.
in Serbia
, which connect Subotica
, Novi Sad
, and Belgrade
. Stepanovićevo, like most settlements close to Novi Sad
, is connected to Novi Sad by the city's bus service JGSP Novi Sad
- bus line 43 (the line passes Rumenka
and Kisač
as well). Many buses on route Vrbas
-Novi Sad
also pass through the village.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. It is located in the Novi Sad municipality
Novi Sad municipality
City Municipality of Novi Sad is one of two city municipalities which comprise the City of Novi Sad in Serbia. The population of the municipality include approximately 335,000 people.-Politics:...
, 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...
, Vojvodina
Vojvodina
Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
province. The village has a Serb
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...
ethnic majority and a population of 2,214 people (2002 census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
). Stepanovićevo is situated about 20 km north-west from 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....
, between the villages of Kisač
Kisac
Kisač is one of the suburban settlements of the City of Novi Sad in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The settlement has a Slovak ethnic majority.-History:The village was firstly mentioned in 1457...
and Zmajevo
Zmajevo
Zmajevo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Vrbas municipality, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,361 people . It has beautiful lakes that are full of carp , a very big hunting ground with a lot of wild...
.
Name
The village was named after Serbian Voivode Stepa StepanovićStepa Stepanovic
Stepa Stepanović OSS OCT GCMG was a field marshal of the Serbian Army who distinguished himself in Serbia's wars from 1876 to 1918.Stepa Stepanović was born in the village of Kumodraž outside of Belgrade on...
who distinguished himself in Serbia's wars from 1876 to 1918. 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....
Cyrillic, the village is known as Степановићево, in Serbian Latin and Croatian
Croatian language
Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
as Stepanovićevo, 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 Bácshadikfalva.
Transport
The village is located on the main rail tracksRail tracks
The track on a railway or railroad, also known as the permanent way, is the structure consisting of the rails, fasteners, sleepers and ballast , plus the underlying subgrade...
in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, which connect Subotica
Subotica
Subotica is a city and municipality in northern Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
, 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....
, and Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
. Stepanovićevo, like most settlements close to 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....
, is connected to Novi Sad by the city's bus service JGSP Novi Sad
JGSP Novi Sad
Javno Gradsko Saobraćajno Preduzeće Novi Sad or JGSP NS is Novi Sad's municipal bus operator...
- bus line 43 (the line passes Rumenka
Rumenka
Rumenka is a village located in the Novi Sad municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
and Kisač
Kisac
Kisač is one of the suburban settlements of the City of Novi Sad in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The settlement has a Slovak ethnic majority.-History:The village was firstly mentioned in 1457...
as well). Many buses on route Vrbas
Vrbas (town)
Vrbas is a city and municipality located in Serbia at , in the South Bačka District in the province of Vojvodina. In 2002 the city had a total population of 25,887, while the municipality had 45,839.-Name:...
-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....
also pass through the village.