Vrdnik , in Serb Cyrillic Sr Врдник, is a locality of Serbia located in the autonomous province of Voïvodine. It belongs to the municipality of Irig in the district of Syrmie (Srem). In 2002, it counted: 3704 inhabitants, of which a majority of Serb.

Vrdnik, officially classified among the villages of Serbia, is a thermal spa located on the southernmost slopes of the Fruška Gora. In the vicinity is the Monastère of Vrdnik-Ravanica who was built at the 16th century.

Under the Roman Empire, a tower was built there by the emperor Probus. The Hungarian built there a fortress which is mentioned for the first time in 1315.

Starting from 1804, the city had its development with the exploitation of a layer of Lignite but the mine had to close in 1968.

The great Serb poetess Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1830-1878) passed most of its life to Vrdnik.

Demography

Historical evolution of the population

• 1948 : : 4070
• 1953 : : 4153
• 1961 : : 4610
• 1971 : : 4072
• 1981 : : 3612
• 1991 : : 3495
• 2002 : : 3704.

Pattern of the settlement (2002)

• Serb: : 2769 (74,75%)
• Croatian: 179 (4,83%)
• Yugoslav: 131 (3,53%)
• Hungarian: 86 (2,32%)
• Slovenien: 78 (2,1%)
• Montenegrins: 41 (1,1%)
• Moslem (nationality): 18 (0,48%)
• German: 13 (0,35%)
• Macedonians: 13 (0,35%)
• Slovak: 7 (0,18%)
• Albanian: 7 (0,18%)
• Rumanian: 5 (0,13%)
• Russian: 4 (0,1%)
• Ukrainian: 3 (0,08%)
• Ruthènes: 2 (0,05%)
• Gorans: 2 (0,05%)
• Bulgarian: 2 (0,05%)
• Others.

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