Klek (Zrenjanin)
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Клек Klek |
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| State : | Serbia | ||||
| Province : | Vojvodina | ||||
| Okrug : |
Srednji Banat |
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| Opština : | Zrenjanin | ||||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 25 ′ N , 20 ° 28 ′ E | ||||
| Height : | 74 m. i. J. | ||||
| Area : | 25.8 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 2,706 (2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 105 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+381) 023 | ||||
| Postal code : | 23211 | ||||
| License plate : | ZR | ||||
Klek ( Serbian - Cyrillic Клек , Romanian Clec , Hungarian Begafő , also Klekk ) is a place in the Serbian Banat and belongs to the administrative area of the city of Zrenjanin .
history
After the withdrawal of the Ottoman Empire, Danube Swabians began to settle the banks of the Danube and founded the "old" Klek in 1766 on a marsh area between the Bega and Temesch rivers . They managed agricultural land and began the cultivation of corn , sugar beet , hemp , tobacco , sunflower , poppy and additional vegetables and fruits .
Due to repeated flooding of the place, the old village was finally abandoned and re-established around 1818 on the site of today's Klek.
Descendants of Klek's first settlers lived in the village until the end of World War II . After the defeat of the Axis powers , the majority of the German community fled for fear of acts of revenge or were expelled. Most of the settlers returned to Germany after more than 150 years , as a result of which the once very large and influential community of the Danube Swabians in the West Banat has almost completely disappeared.
Demographics
According to a census from 2002, a total of 2394 people of legal age in 873 households live in Klek . The average age of the residents is 38.9 years (37.9 for the male and 39.9 for the female population ). The village has a Serb majority and has seen a slight increase in population .
| Population development | |
| year | Residents |
| 1948 | 1608 |
| 1953 | 1635 |
| 1961 | 1835 |
| 1971 | 1990 |
| 1981 | 2401 |
| 1991 | 2729 |
| 2002 | 3009 |