Debeljača

Debeljača Дебељача (Serbian) Torontálvásárhely (Hungarian)
Town
The Calvinist Church
Debeljača Location of Debeljača within Serbia Debeljača Debeljača (Serbia) Debeljača Debeljača (Europe)
Coordinates: 45°04′10″N 20°36′00″E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	South Banat
Elevation	75 m (246 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Debeljača	5,325
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	26214
Area code	+381(0)13
Car plates	PA

Idvor

Uzdin

Putnikovo

Samoš

Kovačica

Padina

Debeljača

Crepaja

Municipality
of Kovačica

Debeljača (Serbian Cyrillic: Дебељача, pronounced [dɛbɛ̌ʎat͡ʃa]; Hungarian: Torontálvásárhely) is a town in Serbia. It is situated in the Kovačica municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province.

After the end of the armed conflicts, a significant portion of the Hungarian population returned to the settlement, forming a new ethnic structure with the local inhabitants. Since then, Debeljača has been home to the largest number of Hungarians, followed by Serbs and other ethnic groups. Following the conflicts in the autumn of 1849, the original inhabitants returned and rebuilt their homesteads. The Debeljača was where the command of the German Banat Border Regiment was established, marking the rapid development of the area. By the decision of the Ministry of War on July 25, 1862, the place was elevated to the level of a market town and granted the right to hold a weekly market. Monday was designated as market day. After 11 years, on February 26, 1873, Debeljača gained the right to hold annual large fairs and the status of a town. The name Debeljača was changed to Torontálvásárhely. This name was retained until the Banat entered the newly formed kingdom SHS, when it became Debeljača once again. In the 21st century, alongside the name Debeljača, Torontálvásárhely (Hungarian: Torontálvásárhely) is reintroduced as the official Hungarian name of the place.

Until January 1, 1965, Debeljača was an independent municipality which also included the villages of Idvor and Sakule.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

The town has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 5,325 people (2002 census).

• Hungarians = 2,836 (53.26%)
• Serbs = 1,735 (32.58%)
• Yugoslavs = 196 (3.68%)
• Romani = 170 (3.19%)
• others.

Historical population

• 1961: 6,789
• 1971: 6,413
• 1981: 6,413
• 1991: 5,734
• 2002: 5,325
• 2011: 4,910

See also

• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

References

• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

External links

• Torontálvásárhely/Debeljača - official page
• History of Debeljača
• Torontálvásárhelyi Református Egyházközség