Idvor

Idvor Идвор
Village
Idvor Location of Idvor within Serbia
Idvor Location of Idvor within Vojvodina
Coordinates:
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	South Banat
Elevation	61 m (200 ft)
Population (2002)
• Idvor	1,198
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	26207
Area code(s)	+381(0)13
Car plates	PA

Idvor (Serbian Cyrillic: Идвор) is a village in northern Serbia. It is located in the Kovačica municipality, South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (93.98%) and its population numbering 1,198 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Idvor (Идвор), in German as Idwor, and in Hungarian as Torontáludvar. The town's name originated from Hyd Var, which means "Guard near border crossing" in Hungarian.

Geography

Idvor

Uzdin

Putnikovo

Samoš

Kovačica

Padina

Debeljača

Crepaja

Municipality
of Kovačica

It is situated near the Tamiš river in the Banat region of Serbia.

History

During Ottoman rule (in 1660/66), Idvor was populated by ethnic Serbs. Another wave of Serbs came here in the end of the 17th century in a "great migration" led by Arsenije Čarnojević. Until 1795, village was situated at location known as "Staro Selo", and in that year it was moved to its current position.

Historical population

• 1961: 1,823
• 1971: 1,621
• 1981: 1,442
• 1991: 1,308
• 2002: 1,198

Notable residents

• Serbian physicist and physical chemist Mihajlo Pupin was born in Idvor.

References

• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
• Jovan Erdeljanović, Srbi u Banatu, Novi Sad, 1992.
• Dr. Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga 1, Novi Sad, 1990.

See also

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