Novi Žednik (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Жедник) is a village located in the Subotica municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,848 people (2002 census). The village contains an elementary school, an old Orthodox church and a newly build Orthodox church as well a train station. The village has a Catholic minority who attend religious services in nearby village of Stari Žednik since there are no Catholic churches in this village.

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Novi Žednik Нови Жедник (Serbian)
Village (Selo)
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Coordinates: 45°56′N 19°40′E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Population  (2002)
• Total	2,381
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Subotica

Kelebija

Palić

Mala Bosna

Ljutovo

Hajdukovo

Bački Vinogradi

Šupljak

Bikovo

Donji Tavankut

Gornji Tavankut

Mišićevo

Bajmok

Đurđin

Stari Žednik

Novi Žednik

Višnjevac

Čantavir

Bačko Dušanovo

Municipality of
Subotica
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Name

In Serbian the settlement is known as Novi Žednik (Нови Жедник), in Bunjevac as Novi Žednik, in Hungarian as Újnagyfény, and in Croatian as Novi Žednik. Sometimes, it is known simply as Žednik (Жедник).

Ethnic groups (2002)

• Serbs = 1,805 (63.38%)
• Bunjevci = 398 (13.98%)
• Hungarians = 240 (8.43%)
• Croats = 206 (7.23%)
• Yugoslavs = 44 (1.55%)
• Montenegrins = 35 (1.23%)

Historical population

• 1961: 6,931
• 1971: 6,090
• 1981: 3,195
• 1991: 2,932
• 2011: 2,399

Famous people

• Živko Slijepčević (Retired football player; Coach)

• Stuberi (Group of YouTubers)

References

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

See also

• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

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