Novi Kozarci

Novi Kozarci is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Municipality of Kikinda, North Banat District, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village had an ethnic Serb majority and a population of 1,912 as of a 2011 census.

Name

The name of the village is derived from Mount Kozara in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and means 'new Kozarans'. Serbs from the Kozara region settled the village after World War II.

Events

Since 2009 Novi Kozarci has been hosting Pie Fest every last week in September. This event consists of various competitions: making the best traditional potato pie, making the longest pie, fast pie eating competition and sports competitions.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

Serbs = 2,122
Romani = 61
Yugoslavs = 28
Hungarians = 11
others.

Historical population

1961: 3,668
1971: 3,068
1981: 2,668
1991: 2,488
2002: 2,277