Veliki Gaj

Veliki Gaj Велики Гај
Village
The Orthodox Church
Veliki Gaj Location of Veliki Gaj within Serbia
Veliki Gaj Location of Veliki Gaj within Vojvodina
Coordinates: 45°17′05″N 21°10′13″E / 45.28472°N 21.17028°E / 45.28472; 21.17028Coordinates: 45°17′05″N 21°10′13″E / 45.28472°N 21.17028°E / 45.28472; 21.17028
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	South Banat
Elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population (2002)
• Veliki Gaj	790
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	26365
Area code(s)	+381(0)13
Car plates	VŠ

Veliki Gaj (Serbian Cyrillic: Велики Гај) is a village located in the Plandište municipality, in the South Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. According to the 2002 census, the population of the village was 790 people, of whom 670 were ethnic Serbs (84.81%).

Name

In Serbian and Croatian, the village is known as Veliki Gaj or Велики Гај, in German as Groß Gaj, in Hungarian as Nagygáj and in Romanian as Gaiu Mare.

Geography

Veliki Gaj is located about 70 km NE of Belgrade and about 1 km SE of the Romanian border.

History

An orchard in the village.

The village was first mentioned in 1355 under name Gaj. In the 17th century, the name of the village was changed to Veliki Gaj. During the Ottoman rule (16th-17th century), the village was mostly populated by ethnic Serbs.

Since 1716, the village was part of the Habsburg Monarchy, which encouraged the settlement of German-speaking Donauschwaben (Danube Swabians) and others. In 1910, the population of the village numbered 2,930 inhabitants, including 1,456 Serbs, 743 Hungarians, and 620 Germans.

After the First World War, the village became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (renamed to Yugoslavia in 1929). During the Second World War (1941–1944), the village was under Axis occupation, and was part of the autonomous Banat region within German-occupied Serbia.

After the war, the village was part of the new socialist Yugoslavia, within the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and Socialist Republic of Serbia. The Germans and most Hungarians were expelled in 1944-45. In 1991, the village had 897 inhabitants, including 883 Serbs, and 14 ethnic Hungarians.

Since 1992, the village was part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, that in 2003 was transformed into the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. Since the dissolution of this state in June 2006, the village became part of an independent Serbia.

Historical population

1869: 2,761
1910: 2,926
1931: 3,213
1961: 1,532
1971: 1,308
1981: 1,039
1991: 898
2002: 790

References

Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

External links

Web page about Veliki Gaj

Cities, towns and villages in the South Banat District

Pančevo	Banatski Brestovac Banatsko Novo Selo Glogonj Dolovo Ivanovo Jabuka Kačarevo Omoljica Starčevo

Alibunar	Banatski Karlovac Vladimirovac Dobrica Ilandža Janošik Lokve Nikolinci Novi Kozjak Seleuš

Bela Crkva	Banatska Palanka Banatska Subotica Vračev Gaj Grebenac Dobričevo Dupljaja Jasenovo Kajtasovo Kaluđerovo Kruščica Kusić Crvena Crkva Češko Selo

Vršac	Vatin Veliko Središte Vlajkovac Vojvodinci Vršački Ritovi Gudurica Zagajica Izbište Jablanka Kuštilj Mali Žam Malo Središte Markovac Mesić Orešac Pavliš Parta Potporanj Ritiševo Sočica Straža Uljma Šušara

Kovačica	Debeljača Idvor Padina Putnikovo Samoš Uzdin Crepaja

Kovin	Bavanište Gaj Deliblato Dubovac Malo Bavanište Mramorak Pločica Skorenovac Šumarak

Opovo	Baranda Sakule Sefkerin

Plandište	Banatski Sokolac Barice Velika Greda Veliki Gaj Dužine Jermenovci Kupinik Laudonovac Margita Markovićevo Miletićevo Stari Lec Hajdučica

*()** bold are municipalities or cities

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