Bečej
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Бечеј Bečej Óbecse |
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| Basic data | |||||
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| State : | Serbia | ||||
| Okrug : |
Južna Bačka |
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| Coordinates : | 45 ° 37 ' N , 20 ° 2' E | ||||
| Residents : | 25,774 (2002) | ||||
| Agglomeration : | 40,987 (2002) | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+381) +381 21 | ||||
| Postal code : | 21220 | ||||
| License plate : | BC | ||||
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| Mayor : | Dušan Jovanović | ||||
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Bečej ( Serbian - Cyrillic Бечеј , Hungarian Óbecse , German Altbetsche ) is a town and municipality in Serbia in the Južna Bačka district . The city has 25,774 inhabitants and the municipality 40,987 (2002 census). In the city center is the Serbian Orthodox Church of St. George the Great Martyr .
In Bečej, the Great Batschka Canal flows into the Tisza , which separates Bečej from the neighboring town of Novi Bečej (New Betsche), which is already in the Banat.
Twin cities
Personalities
- Rudi Buttas (* 1955), German guitarist
- Melinda Nadj Abonji (* 1968), Swiss writer , awarded the German Book Prize 2010
- Boško Tomašević (* 1970), Serbian poet , novelist , essayist and literary theorist
- Dejan Perić (* 1970), former Serbian handball player
- Andor Deli (* 1977), Hungarian politician
- Kiss Laszlo (* 1975) Hungarian singer (Radio Novi Sad )
gallery
Bečej Town Hall
Serbian Orthodox Church of St. George the Great Martyr
