According to the 2022 census results, the town of Bečej had 19,492 inhabitants while municipality of Bečej had 30,681 inhabitants.

Ethnic structure

Bečej is an ethnically mixed town and municipality. There is one settlement with a Serb ethnic majority, Radičević, while town of Bečej and Bačko Gradište have Serb ethnic plurality. Settlements with a Hungarian ethnic majority are Bačko Petrovo Selo and Mileševo.

The ethnic structure of population of town of Bečej (according to the 2022 census):

{|class="wikitable"

|-

! Ethnicity

! Population

! Share

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Serbs||align="right"|9,098

|46.6%

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Hungarians||align="right"|7,081

|36.3%

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Roma||align="right"|210

|1%

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Others||align="right"|751

|3.8%

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Undeclared||align="right"|1,337

|6.8%

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Unknown||align="right"|1,015

|5.2%

|}

The ethnic structure of population of Bečej municipality (according to the 2022 census):

{|class="wikitable"

|-

! Ethnicity

! Population

! Share

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Serbs||align="right"|12,996

|42.3%

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Hungarians||align="right"|12,482

|40.7%

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Roma||align="right"|877

|2.8%

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Others||align="right"|1,003

|3.2%

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Undeclared||align="right"|1,858

|6%

|-

|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Unknown||align="right"|1,465

|4.1%

|}

Economy

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"

|-

! Activity

! Total

|-

|Agriculture, forestry and fishing||align="right"|938

|-

|Mining and quarrying||align="right"|13

|-

|Manufacturing||align="right"|2,063

|-

|Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply||align="right"|62

|-

|Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities||align="right"|127

|-

|Construction||align="right"|190

|-

|Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles||align="right"|1,170

|-

|Transportation and storage||align="right"|399

|-

|Accommodation and food services||align="right"|162

|-

|Information and communication||align="right"|96

|-

|Financial and insurance activities||align="right"|118

|-

|Real estate activities||align="right"|11

|-

|Professional, scientific and technical activities||align="right"|417

|-

|Administrative and support service activities||align="right"|154

|-

|Public administration and defense; compulsory social security||align="right"|441

|-

|Education||align="right"|628

|-

|Human health and social work activities||align="right"|500

|-

|Arts, entertainment and recreation||align="right"|81

|-

|Other service activities||align="right"|145

|-

|Individual agricultural workers||align="right"|592

|- class="sortbottom"

|Total||align="right"|8,307

|}

Notable people

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  • Janika Balaž, Romani tamburica musician
  • Dejan Perić, Serbian handball player
  • Aleksandar Popović Sandor, first Serb geologist
  • Carl von Than, Austro-Hungarian chemist
  • Mór Than, Hungarian painter
  • Aleksandar Maćašev, Serbian artist and designer
  • Emeric Feher, French photographer
  • Marko Tomićević, Serbian sprint canoer, Olympic silver medalist, World and European champion
  • Marko Novaković, Serbian sprint canoer, World and European champion
  • Dejan Terzić, Serbian sprint canoer
  • Borislava Perić, Serbian table tennis player, Paralympic champion and three-time silver medalist
  • Stevan V. Popović, Serbian cultural leader
  • Melinda Nadj Abonji, Swiss writer born in Bečej
  • Milos Sarcev, IFBB professional bodybuilder and coach
  • Slobodan Kalinic, Serbian basketball coach
  • Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Bečej is twinned with:

  • Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania
  • Szekszárd, Hungary
  • Csongrád, Hungary

Sports

Bečej is famous for its water polo club VK Bečej which won LEN Champions League in 2000. when the city of Bečej was the host of Final Four. Football club OFK Bečej 1918 has played in the top-tier First League of Serbia and Montenegro in the 1990s and later in the second-tier Serbian First League.

See also

  • Novi Bečej
  • List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
  • Fantast Castle, 19th-century castle in the vicinity of Bečej
  • Sojaprotein, agribusiness company based in Bečej

References

  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
  • Zvonimir Golubović, Racija u južnoj Bačkoj 1942. godine, Novi Sad, 1991.
  • Jovan Mirosavljević, Brevijar ulica Novog Sada 1745–2001, Novi Sad, 2002.

Footnotes

  • Municipality of Bečej
  • Court of Bečej
  • Bečejski mozaik - The oldest Newspaper and Magazine
  • Public media of Bečej
  • Youth association of Bečej
  • History of the town