Nova Crnja

Nova Crnja

Нова Црња (Serbian)
*Magyarcsernye* (Hungarian)
Nova Crnja Нова Црња (Serbian); Magyarcsernye (Hungarian)
Village and municipality
	The Saint Agatha Virgin and Martyr Catholic Church
	Coat of arms
	Location of Nova Crnja within Serbia
	Coordinates: 45°40′N 20°36′E / 45.667°N 20.600°E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	Central Banat
Government
• President of municipality	Dragan Daničić (SNS)
Area
• Total	273 km2 (105.4 sq mi)
Elevation	77 m (253 ft)
Population (2022)
• Total	8,147
• Administrative	1,007
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	23218
Area code	+381(0)23
Car plates	ZR
Website	www.sonovacrnja.org.rs

Nova Crnja (Serbian Cyrillic: Нова Црња; Hungarian: Magyarcsernye, pronounced [ˈmɒɟɒrt͡ʃɛrɲɛ]; German: Neuzerne, Romanian: Cernea Ungurească) is a village and municipality located in the Central Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 1,007, while the municipality has 8,147 inhabitants (2022 census).^[2]

Inhabited places

Nova Crnja municipality includes the following villages:

Nova Crnja
Aleksandrovo
Vojvoda Stepa
Radojevo
Srpska Crnja
Toba (Hungarian: Tóba)

Although the village of Nova Crnja is a seat of municipality, the largest of these villages is Srpska Crnja.

Before 1961, there was one more village in the municipality, which was abandoned because of groundwater. The name of the village was Molin.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1948	23,169	—
1953	23,382	+0.18%
1961	21,580	−1.00%
1971	18,298	−1.64%
1981	16,270	−1.17%
1991	14,538	−1.12%
2002	12,705	−1.22%
2011	10,272	−2.33%
2022	8,147	−2.08%
Source: ^[3]

According to the 2011 census, the population of the municipality of Novi Crnja was 10,272 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

Municipality

The population of the Nova Crnja municipality is composed of:^[4]

Serbs (67.39%)
Hungarians (17.71%)
Romani (9.89%)
Others and undeclared (5.01%)

Places with Serb ethnic majority are: Aleksandrovo, Vojvoda Stepa, Radojevo, and Srpska Crnja, while places with Hungarian ethnic majority are: Nova Crnja (Hungarian: Magyarcsernye) and Toba (Hungarian: Tóba).