Senta

Senta , in Serb Cyrillic Сента and in Hungarian Zenta, is a city and a municipality of Serbia located in the autonomous province of Voïvodine, on banks of the Tisa. Although it belongs to the area of the Bačka, Senta belongs to the district of the septentrional Banat. In 2002, the city counted 20.302 inhabitants and the municipality of which it is the center 25.568, including 80,51% of Hungarian and 10,71% of Serbes.

History

The city is mentioned for the first time in 1216 under the name of Szintarev . In 1246, it belonged to the county of Csanad and, in 1506, it became a free royal City. In 1526, the city was destroyed by the Othoman , then, at the 16th century and the 17th century, existed at this place strong Turkish and a Serb village .

In 1697, the prince Eugene of Savoy beat the Othomans with the Bataille of Zenta and after the Traité of Karlowitz, signed in 1699, the city passed to the hands Habsbourgs. It formed part of the Military Frontière then. After the suppression of this part of the Border in 1751, the majority of the Serbes which lived there emigrated in Russia, mainly in the areas of Nova Serbia and Slavo-Serbia (ajourd' today in Ukraine).

During the 18th century and the 19th century, Slovak Hungarian, , German and Juifs settled in the city.

With the census of 1910, Senta counted 29.666 inhabitants, of which 27.221 (91,8%) spoke Hungarian and 2.020 (6,8%) spoke Serbe. Others Serbes reinstalled in the city after the First World War, when Senta belonged to the Royaume of the Serb ones, of the Croats and the Sloveniens (which became in 1929 the Royaume of Yugoslavia).

Localities of the municipality of Senta

Senta
Gornji Breg (in Hungarian: Felsőhegy )
Bogaraš (in Hungarian: Bogaras )
Tornjoš (in Hungarian: Tornyos )
Kevi (in Hungarian: Kevi )

All the localities have a Hungarian majority of settlement.

External bond

Official site of the municipality of Senta

Internal bonds

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