Orešac (Vršac)
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Орешац Orešac Oreşaţ |
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| State : | Serbia | ||||
| Province : | Vojvodina | ||||
| Okrug : | Okrug Južni Banat | ||||
| Opština : | Vršac | ||||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 57 ' N , 21 ° 16' E | ||||
| Height : | 73 m. i. J. | ||||
| Area : | 12.2 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 420 (2002) | ||||
| Population density : | 34 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+381) 013 | ||||
| License plate : | VŠ | ||||
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| Community type: | Village | ||||
Orešac (Cyrillic: Орешац, Romanian: Oreşaţ) is a village in Serbia . Orešac is located in the municipality of Vršac , in the southern Banat district (Serbian: Južno Banatski Okrug), in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina .
Geography and population
Orešac is located in the southeast of the Pannonian Plain , 73 m above sea level. The village is about 10 km from the Serbian-Romanian border and is half inhabited by Romanians and Serbs, so it is ethnically mixed. In addition, 41 Roma, 8 Hungarians and 1 Croat and 1 Slavic Macedonian each live in the village. In 2002 there were 420 inhabitants in Orešac, compared to 570 in 1991. The majority of the population is Christian Orthodox . The village consists of 136 households.
Village name
The village has had many names throughout history. The first name, Orišija, dates back to 1462, followed by Orašič (1690), Orič (1713), the Hungarian name Homokdiód (1911) and finally the current Serbian name Orešac in 1919. The Romanian name is Oreşaţ. In Hungarian , Orešac is still called Homokdiód today.
history
In Orešac, on the Židovar hill, excavations have uncovered artefacts that prove that the place was inhabited as early as the Bronze Age. The finds from the excavation site belong to the Vatin culture, which settled in the area during the Bronze Age. The main place of discovery of the Vatin culture is the village of Vatin , not far from Orešac . In 1462 the village was first mentioned under the name Orišija. The first settlers were Serbian Orthodox Serbs . In 1690 the village was named Orašič. From 1713 the place is known as Orič, at that time there were 13 households in the place. The place is only populated by Serbs until 1749. From 1749 Romanian-Orthodox Romanians also settle there , the number of households rises to 46. In 1782 the village had 536 Orthodox inhabitants. In 1871 today's Romanian Orthodox Church was built, which was then built and used jointly by the Romanians and Serbs. In 1910 the ownership of the church was divided between the Serbs and Romanians. The church now belongs to the Romanian Orthodox Church. The Romanians give the Serbs back their share in the building of the church. In 1911 Orič is renamed to the Hungarian name Homokdiód. The Serbs built their own new Serbian Orthodox Church in 1912 . In 1919 the place got its final name Orešac and the place now belongs to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia , until 1941, when the Third Reich smashes the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In World War II Orešac was only slightly damaged, but many of the inhabitants died. From 1945 the place belonged to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . And on 2006 Orešac is part of the Republic of Serbia .
Population size in the past
On January 31, 1821 there were 713 inhabitants, of whom 350 were Romanians , 319 Serbs and 44 Roma . In 1869 only 552 people lived in the village. In 1881 there were 615 residents in Orešac again. In 1890 the population rose to 738. Ten years later, in 1900, the population had fallen to 682. In 1910 the population rose to 766. In 1948 Orešac had 801 inhabitants. In 1953 there were 840 residents. 813 inhabitants lived in Orešac in 1961. In 1971 the population fell to 738 residents. In 1981 the place had 647 inhabitants. In 1991 there were 570 people in Orešac. In 2002 there were only 470 residents in Orešac.
