Urban Municipality of Novi Sad

For the City of Novi Sad to which this municipality belong, see Novi Sad.

Urban Municipality of Novi Sad Градска општина Нови Сад / Gradska opština Novi Sad
Municipality

Coordinates: 45°15′N 19°51′E / 45.250°N 19.850°E / 45.250; 19.850Coordinates: 45°15′N 19°51′E / 45.250°N 19.850°E / 45.250; 19.850
Population (2011)
• Total	307,760

Novi Sad

City of Novi Sad
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Municipality of
Novi Sad

Municipality of
Petrovaradin

Urban Municipality of Novi Sad (Serbian: Градска општина Нови Сад / Gradska opština Novi Sad) is one of two urban municipalities which comprise the City of Novi Sad in Vojvodina, Serbia (the other urban municipality is Petrovaradin). The biggest population of the municipality in country with 307,760 residents by 2011 census results.

Names

There are names in several languages that could be used for this municipality: Serbian: Градска општина Нови Сад / Gradska opština Novi Sad; Hungarian: Újvidék városi község; Slovak: Obec Novi Sad; Rusyn: Муніципалітет Нови Сад.

Politics

Since 2002, when the new statute of the City of Novi Sad came into effect, City of Novi Sad is divided into two city municipalities, Petrovaradin and Novi Sad. From 1989 until 2002, the name Municipality of Novi Sad meant the whole territory of the present-day City of Novi Sad.

Today, municipality doesn't have its own offices. City Municipalities of Novi Sad were established in 2002 because of the sole reason that Novi Sad can get the city status under then-standing law. Under the new Constitution of Serbia (from November 2006), city doesn't have to be divided into municipalities to get the city status. By the city statute from 2002, the City Municipalities of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin do not have any real authority on their territory, Novi Sad's city government runs the whole city.

Geography

City Municipality of Novi Sad is situated in the southern part of the Bačka region. Total area of City of Novi Sad is 699 km², so, the area of the city municipality comprise approximately 80% of that (approximately 500 km²). Municipality lies in one of the southern lowest parts of the Pannonian Plain. Alluvial plains along Danube are well formed, especially on the left bank, in some parts 10 km from the river. Large part of Novi Sad municipality lies on a river terrace with elevation of 80-83 m.

Settlements

The City Municipality includes 11 settlements:

Novi Sad proper (the Bačka side of the urban area of Novi Sad City)
Begeč
Futog
Veternik
Rumenka
Kisač
Stepanovićevo
Čenej
Kać
Budisava
Kovilj

Ethnic groups in the municipality

According to the 2011 census, the total population of the territory of present-day Novi Sad municipality was 307,760, of whom 241,789 (78.56%) were ethnic Serbs.

Cultural heritage

There is a Serb Orthodox Kovilj monastery in the municipality. It is situated near the village of Kovilj. The monastery was reconstructed in 1705-1707. According to the legend, the monastery was founded by the first Serb archbishop Saint Sava in the 13th century.

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Municipalities and cities of Kosovo i Metohija¹

Cities	Priština

Municipalities	Dečani Đakovica Glogovac Gnjilane Gora Kosovo Polje Kosovska Kamenica Kosovska Mitrovica Istok Kačanik Klina Leposavić Lipljan Novo Brdo Obilić Orahovac Peć Podujevo Prizren Srbica Suva Reka Štimlje Štrpce Vitina Vučitrn Zubin Potok Zvečan

¹ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received recognition as an independent state from 110 out of 193 United Nations member states.

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