Vršački Ritovi

Vršački Ritovi Вршачки Ритови
Village
Vršački Ritovi Location of Vršački Ritovi within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°09′23″N 21°10′11″E / 45.15639°N 21.16972°E / 45.15639; 21.16972Coordinates: 45°09′23″N 21°10′11″E / 45.15639°N 21.16972°E / 45.15639; 21.16972
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	South Banat
Elevation	76 m (249 ft)
Population (2011)
• Vršački Ritovi	37
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	+381(0)13
Car plates	VŠ

Vršački Ritovi (Serbian Cyrillic: Вршачки Ритови) is a village located in Serbia at 45° 9' 38" North, 21° 10' 19" East. It is situated in the Vršac municipality, in Banat region (South Banat District), Vojvodina province.

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Вршачки Ритови or Vršački Ritovi, in Hungarian as Verseci Rétek, and in Croatian as Vršački Ritovi.

The name of village means "Marshes Of Vršac", because village is situated on the place of former marshes.

History

Village is pretty new, and was built around former large agricultural corporation "Vršački Ritovi", once driving economical force of the region. Place was populated before that, yet with just few houses. Beginning from 1950s, village started to grow, and reached its peak in mid-1970s and 1980s, with its small but pretty rich population. Break-up of Yugoslavia brought decline of village. Leaned mostly on agricultural corporation in which majority of inhabitants were employed, village started its rapid decline. Imposed UN embargo on Yugoslavia brought halt to export of agricultural products, while breakup of USSR, its major market, brought total collapse. Corporation was state-owned, and started to break up itself into small companies, out of whom only fish farm remained in work.

Geography

Being officially classified as a single village, Vršački Ritovi is actually composed of two separate inhabited places: proper Vršački Ritovi, which is situated near the railroad that connects Vršac and Zrenjanin and is some 3 km far from regional road, and Novogradnja (Serbian: Новоградња).

Proper Vršački Ritovi is commonly named by inhabitants as Pumpa (Serbian: Пумпа) - "The Pump", because on that place in the past was water pump.

Novogradnja got its name for Serbian word for newly built place, and is situated on the regional Vršac-Zrenjanin road, near the administrative building of former corporation and wheat silo. Smaller than Pumpa, Novogradnja is actually main part of Vršački Ritovi and is still activelly inhabited place.

Demography

The village has a Serb ethnic majority (65.93%) with a seizable Hungarian (15.38%) and Rroma people (7.69%). Its total population numbering 37 inhabitants (2011 census).

Historical population

1961: 636
1971: 424
1981: 224
1991: 156
2002: 91
2011: 37

References

Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

Cities, towns and villages in the South Banat District

Pančevo	Banatski Brestovac Banatsko Novo Selo Glogonj Dolovo Ivanovo Jabuka Kačarevo Omoljica Starčevo

Alibunar	Banatski Karlovac Vladimirovac Dobrica Ilandža Janošik Lokve Nikolinci Novi Kozjak Seleuš

Bela Crkva	Banatska Palanka Banatska Subotica Vračev Gaj Grebenac Dobričevo Dupljaja Jasenovo Kajtasovo Kaluđerovo Kruščica Kusić Crvena Crkva Češko Selo

Vršac	Vatin Veliko Središte Vlajkovac Vojvodinci Vršački Ritovi Gudurica Zagajica Izbište Jablanka Kuštilj Mali Žam Malo Središte Markovac Mesić Orešac Pavliš Parta Potporanj Ritiševo Sočica Straža Uljma Šušara

Kovačica	Debeljača Idvor Padina Putnikovo Samoš Uzdin Crepaja

Kovin	Bavanište Gaj Deliblato Dubovac Malo Bavanište Mramorak Pločica Skorenovac Šumarak

Opovo	Baranda Sakule Sefkerin

Plandište	Banatski Sokolac Barice Velika Greda Veliki Gaj Dužine Jermenovci Kupinik Laudonovac Margita Markovićevo Miletićevo Stari Lec Hajdučica

*()** bold are municipalities or cities

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