Vršac Град Вршац |
||
---|---|---|
City | ||
City of Vršac | ||
Panoramic view of Vršac
|
||
|
||
Location of Vršac within Serbia |
||
Coordinates: 45°7′0″N 21°18′12″E / 45.11667°N 21.30333°ECoordinates: 45°7′0″N 21°18′12″E / 45.11667°N 21.30333°E | ||
Country | Serbia | |
Province | Vojvodina | |
District | South Banat | |
City status | March 2016 | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Branislava Vukajlović | |
Area | ||
Area rank | 4th | |
• Area | 1,324 km2 (511 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 101 m (331 ft) | |
Population (2011) | ||
• Urban | 35,701 | |
• Rank | 30th | |
• 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 |
Vršac (Serbian Cyrillic: Вршац pronounced [ʋr̩̂ʃat͡s]) is a city located in the South Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, the city urban area has a population of 35,701, while the city administrative area has 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).