Novi Kozarci

Place in Vojvodina, Serbia

Novi Kozarci Нови Козарци (Serbian)
Old houses in Novi Kozarci
45°46′32″N 20°37′12″E / 45.77556°N 20.62000°E / 45.77556; 20.62000
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Region	Banat
District	North Banat
Municipality	Kikinda
Elevation	69 m (226 ft)
Population (2002)
• Novi Kozarci	1,912^[1]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	23313
Area code	+381(0)230
Car plates	KI

Novi Kozarci (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Козарци) is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Municipality of Kikinda, North Banat District, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has an ethnic Serb majority (93.19%) and a population of 1,912 (2011 census).

Name

The name of the village is derived from Mount Kozara in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and means 'new Kozarans'. Serbs from the Kozara region settled the village after World War II.

Events

Since 2009 Novi Kozarci has been hosting Pie Fest (srb: Pitijada) every last week in September. This event consists of various competitions: making the best traditional potato pie, making the longest pie (Pie for Guinness), fast pie eating competition (srb: Pitožder) and sports competitions (srb: Novokozarački Višeboj).

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

Serbs = 2,122 (93.19%)
Romani = 61 (2.68%)
Yugoslavs = 28 (1.23%)
Hungarians = 11 (0.48%)
others.

Historical population

1961: 3,668
1971: 3,068
1981: 2,668
1991: 2,488
2002: 2,277

References

^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia – FIRST RESULTS" (PDF). Bulletin. 540. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 2011. ISSN 0354-3641. Retrieved 2011-11-21.