Melenci Меленци |
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Location of Melenci within Serbia | ||
Coordinates: 45°22′35″N 20°18′03″E / 45.37639°N 20.30083°ECoordinates: 45°22′35″N 20°18′03″E / 45.37639°N 20.30083°E | ||
Country | Serbia | |
Province | Vojvodina | |
District | Central Banat | |
Elevation | 82 m (269 ft) | |
Population (2002) | ||
• Melenci | 6,737 | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
Postal code | 23269, 23270 | |
Area code(s) | +381(0)23 | |
Car plates | ZR |
Melenci (Serbian Cyrillic: Меленци) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (93.40%) and its population numbering 6,737 people (2002 census). The brackish water lake of Okanj is nearby.
In Serbian the village is known as Melenci or Меленци, in Hungarian as Melence, and in German as Melenze.
FK Rusanda Melenci is the local football club. It was founded in 1925.
Rusanda Spa is located on the territory of Melenci.
There is an abandoned Windmill at the road to Kikinda. It is one of the last two windmills left in Banat.