BegeÄ
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Coordinates: RS 45°14′12″N 19°37′23″E / 45.23667°N 19.62306°E | |
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Province |
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District | South BaÄka |
Municipality | Novi Sad |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 3,360 |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
BegeÄ (Cyrillic: Бегеч) is a village in Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is located in Novi Sad municipality, in South BaÄka District. BegeÄ is situated on the river Danube, approximately 15 km west from Novi Sad, on BaÄka Palanka-Novi Sad road. According to 2002 census, the village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,360 people.
Name
In Serbian Cyrillic, the village is known as Бегеч, in Serbian Latin and Croatian as BegeÄ, and in Hungarian as Begecs.
History and culture
In the Roman times (3rd-4th century), the fort named Castellum Onagrinum existed at this location, as well as pontoon bridge that was used by Romans during the war with the Sarmatians.
BegeÄ was first mentioned in the 16th century and its name derived from the Ottoman ruling title "beg" (or "bey") and word "eÄ" (meaning "village"), hence the full meaning of the name would be "the village of the beg". There is a Serb Orthodox church from 1838 in the village.
Historical population
- 1961: 2,392
- 1971: 2,608
- 1981: 2,717
- 1991: 2,827
Transport
Village is connected to Novi Sad by a public bus line 56, which operates daily and connect BegeÄ with Futog, Veternik and Novi Sad. Village is also on bus route from BaÄ and BaÄka Palanka to Novi Sad.
Besides buses and roads, BegeÄ is connected by river ferry to village of BanoÅ¡tor in Syrmia, across Danube river. For pedestrians and bicycles it is free of charge, cars pay toll of 200 Serbian dinars (approximately 2 Euros).


Famous residents
The famous residents of BegeÄ are footballers:
- Vujadin Boškov
- Radomir Krstić
- Lazar Vasić
See also
References
- Slobodan ĆurÄić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
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Coordinates: 45°14′12″N 19°37′23″E / 45.23667°N 19.62306°E
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