Irig, Serbia
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Irig Ириг |
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Serbian Orthodox church
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 Location of the municipality of Irig within Serbia |
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| Coordinates: 45°06′N 19°51′E / 45.100°N 19.850°ECoordinates: 45°06′N 19°51′E / 45.100°N 19.850°E | ||
| Country |
 Serbia
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| Province | Vojvodina | |
| District | Srem | |
| Settlements | 12 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Radovan Ercegovac | |
| Area | ||
| • Municipality | 230 km2 (90 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011 census) | ||
| • Town | 4,415 | |
| • Municipality | 10,866 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 22406 | |
| Area code | +381 22 | |
| Car plates | RU | |
| Website | www |
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Irig (Serbian Cyrillic: Ириг, pronounced [ǐriɡ]) is a town and municipality located in the Srem District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbi. The town has a population of 4,415, while Irig municipality has 10,866 inhabitants.
In Serbian, the town is known as Irig (Ириг), in Croatian as Irig, in Hungarian as Ireg or Ürög, in German as Irick, in Slovak as Irig, and in Rusyn as Ириґ.
Irig was first mentioned in the historical documents in 1225. In the 15th century, the masters of the town were Serbian despots Vuk Grgurević, Đorđe Branković, and Jovan Branković. During the 15th and 16th century, ten Orthodox monasteries were built in the surrounding of Irig (Two of those were located just near the town).
Between 1526 and 1699, the town was under Ottoman administration. During this time, it belonged to the Sanjak of Syrmia, and was the administrative seat of one of the seven nahijas in that sanjak. In 1665, the town had 2,000 houses, one mosque and two monasteries. In this time, Irig was mostly inhabited by Muslim population.
Since 1699, Irig was part of the Habsburg Monarchy. In the 18th century, Irig was one of the most important market centers in Srem and most of its inhabitants were Serbs. In 1795-1796, the population of the town was decimated by plague. From the total population of 4,813 who lived in the town, 2,548 died of this disease.
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Irig was a district capital in the Syrmia County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.
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