Zrenjanin

Zrenjanin
Зрењанин (Serbian)
Nagybecskerek (Hungarian)
City of Zrenjanin
From top: Freedom Square with Zrenjanin City Hall and Cathedral of St. John of Nepomuk, National Museum, Zrenjanin Vodotoranj, Dr Zoran Djindjic Square, Small Bridge, King Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic main street, Reformed Church
Flag of Zrenjanin
Coat of arms of Zrenjanin
Location of Zrenjanin within Serbia
Location of Zrenjanin within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°23′0″N 20°23′22″E / 45.38333°N 20.38944°E / 45.38333; 20.38944
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
DistrictCentral Banat
Settled by Roxolani3rd century AD
Founded10 July 1326
City status6 June 1769
Government
 • MayorSimo Salapura (SNS)
Area
 • Rank3rd in Serbia
 • Urban193.03 km2 (74.53 sq mi)
 • Administrative1,325.88 km2 (511.93 sq mi)
Elevation
76 m (249 ft)
Population
 (2022 census)[1]
 • Rank11th in Serbia
 • Urban
67,129
 • Urban density350/km2 (900/sq mi)
 • Administrative
105,722
 • Administrative density80/km2 (210/sq mi)
DemonymZrenjaninci  (sr)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
23000
Area code+381(0)23
ISO 3166 codeSRB
Car platesZR/ЗР
Websitezrenjanin.rs

Zrenjanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Зрењанин, pronounced [zrɛ̌ɲanin]; Hungarian: Nagybecskerek; Romanian: Becicherecu Mare; Slovak: Zreňanin; German: Großbetschkerek) is a city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city urban area has a population of 67,129 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 105,722 inhabitants (2022 census data). The old name for Zrenjanin is Veliki Bečkerek or Nagybecskerek as it was known under Austria-Hungary up until 1918. A thousand Catalans founded on 1735 New Barcelona in a place which is now the suburb of Dolja within Zrenjanin, exiled from the War of the Spanish Succession. After World War I and the liberation of Veliki Bečkerek the new name of the city was Petrovgrad, in honor of His Majesty King Peter I the Great Liberator, the King of Serbia and the King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

Zrenjanin is the 2nd largest city in the Serbian part of the Banat geographical region, and the third largest city in Vojvodina (after Novi Sad and Subotica). The city was designated European city of sport.

  1. ^ Старост и пол: подаци по насељима [Age and sex: Data by settlements] (PDF). Belgrade: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 2023. ISBN 978-86-6161-230-5.