Pivnice (Bačka Palanka)

Pivnice
Пивнице (Serbian)
Pivnica (Slovak)[1]
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Pivnice
Pivnice
Coordinates: 45°28′N 19°27′E / 45.467°N 19.450°E / 45.467; 19.450
CountrySerbia
ProvinceVojvodina
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
2,812
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Pivnice (Serbian Cyrillic: Пивнице; Slovak: Pivnica; Pannonian Rusyn: Пиньвиц) is a village located in the Bačka Palanka municipality, South Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia. The population of the village is 2,812 people (2022 census).

Name

The name of the settlement in Serbian is plural, and singular in Slovak. In Pannonian Rusyn, the name of the village is at present an indeclinable masculine singular noun, but it may historically have been the genitive plural form of пиньвица, a feminine noun. All three names ultimately derive from the Proto-Slavic *pivьnica, meaning "cellar".

Demographics

Historical population

  • 1961: 5,541
  • 1971: 5,162
  • 1981: 4,820
  • 1991: 4,361
  • 2011: 3,337
  • 2022: 2,812

Ethnic groups

According to data from the 2022 census, ethnic groups in the village include:[2]

  • 2,058 (73.2%) Slovaks
  • 532 (18.9%) Serbs
  • Others/Undeclared/Unknown

Historical population

See also

References

  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
  1. ^ "Статут Општине Бачка Паланка" [Municipality of Bačka Palanka Statute] (PDF) (in Serbian). Municipality of Bačka Palanka. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  2. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/serbia-ethnic-loc2022.htm