Vršac

Vršac Град Вршац
City and municipality
City of Vršac
Panoramic view of Vršac
Coat of arms
Vršac Location of Vršac within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°7′0″N 21°18′12″E / 45.11667°N 21.30333°E / 45.11667; 21.30333Coordinates: 45°7′0″N 21°18′12″E / 45.11667°N 21.30333°E / 45.11667; 21.30333
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	South Banat
City status	March 2016 (2016-03)
Government
• Mayor	Branislava Vukajlović
Elevation	101 m (331 ft)
Population (2011)
• Vršac	35,701
• Metro	52,026
Demonym(s)	Vrščani, Vrščanka (sr)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	26300
Area code(s)	+381(0)13
Car plates	VŠ
Website	www.vrsac.com

Vršac (Serbian Cyrillic: Вршац pronounced [ʋr̩̂ʃat͡s]) is a city located in the South Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. In 2011 the city had a population of 35,701, while the administrative area of the city had 52,026 inhabitants. It is located in the geographical region of Banat.

The name Vršac is of Serbian origin. It derived from the Slavic word vrh, meaning "summit". [2]

In Serbian, the city is known as Вршац or Vršac, in Romanian as Vârșeț, in Hungarian as Versec or Versecz, in German as Werschetz, and in Turkish as Virșac or Verşe.

There are traces of human settlement in this area from paleolithic and neolithic times. Remains from two types of neolithic cultures have been discovered in the area: an older one, known as the Starčevo culture, and a newer one, known as the Vinča culture. From the Bronze Age, there are traces of the Vatin culture and Vršac culture, while from the Iron Age, there are traces of the Hallstatt culture and La Tène culture (which is largely associated with the Celts).