Pločica

Pločica Плочица
Village (Selo)
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Coordinates: 44°43′07″N 20°53′02″E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	South Banat
Municipality	File:Kovin-grb.png Kovin
Elevation	57 m (187 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Pločica	2,044
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	26229
Area code	+381(0)13
Car plates	KO

Pločica (Serbian Cyrillic: Плочица) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kovin municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (94.32%) and a population of 2,044 (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian the village is known as Pločica (Плочица), in Hungarian as Kevepallós, in German as Ploschitz or Blauschütz, and in Romanian as Plocița.

History

The area was originally settled by Serbs in the end of the 17th century and later by the German colonists in the end of the 18th century. In 1910, village had Serb majority and sizable Danube Swabian minority. Until the Second World War, 1,300 Danube Swabians lived in Pločica.

Historical population

• 1948: 2,364
• 1953: 2,702
• 1961: 2,371
• 1971: 2,146
• 1981: 2,100
• 1991: 2,013

Ethnic groups

Year	Total	Serbs	Yugoslavs	Hungarians	Montenegrins	Macedonians	Germans	Romanians	Other
1991	2,013	91.85%	2.83%	1.29%	1.19%	0.89%	0.49%	0.49%	0.26%
2002	2,044	94.32%	0.44%	2.1%	0.29%	0.29%	0.29%	0.29%	1.98%

References

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

See also

• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

File:Pločica, a house in the village.jpg

A house in Pločica.