Bečej
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 | |||
Structure and administration | ||||
Mayor : | Dušan Jovanović | |||
Website : |
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 )