Kupinovo

Kupinovo
Купиново
Village

Orthodox Church of Holy Spirit, Kupinovo
Kupinovo
Coordinates: RS 44°42′20.16″N 20°5′53″E / 44.7056000°N 20.09806°E / 44.7056000; 20.09806
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
District Syrmia
Municipality Pećinci
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Kupinovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Купиново) is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Pećinci municipality, in Syrmia District, Vojvodina province. In 2002, the population of the village numbered 2,047 people, of whom 1,852 were ethnic Serbs.

It is near the famous biodiversity area, the Obedska bara. This contains several insects and other life forms unique to the area.

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Kupinovo (Купиново), formerly also Kupinik (Serbian Cyrillic: Купиник); in Croatian as Kupinovo; and in Hungarian as Kölpény or Kelpény. The name of the village derived from Serbian word "kupina" ("blackberry" in English).

History

In the Middle Ages, Kupinik was a notable city and was a residence of Serbian despots in Syrmia in the 15th and 16th century.

Historical population

Famous residents

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Coordinates: 44°42′20.16″N 20°02′53.16″E / 44.7056000°N 20.0481000°E / 44.7056000; 20.0481000

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