Stari Žednik


Stari Žednik is a village located in the administrative area of the City of Subotica, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 1,564 inhabitants.

Name

In Serbian the village is known as Стари Жедник / Stari Žednik or Жедник / Žednik, in Croatian as Žednik or Stari Žednik, in Hungarian as Nagyfény, and in Bunjevac as Stari Žednik or Žednik.

Demographics

Historical population

  • 1981: 2,472
  • 1991: 2,323
  • 2011: 1,961
  • 2022: 1,564

Ethnic groups

According to data from the 2022 census, ethnic groups in the village include:

Tourist attractions

The Saint Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church was built by the plans of Zsigmond Moravetz, in neogothic style and opened in 1911. Its first parish priest was Hungarian Benjamin Hegedűs, and the current one is Croat Željko Šipek, who serves the Croatian and Hungarian communities.