Melenci

Melenci Меленци
Village (Selo)
The Orthodox Church
Coat of arms
45°22′35″N 20°18′03″E / 45.37639°N 20.30083°E / 45.37639; 20.30083
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	Central Banat
Elevation	82 m (269 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Melenci	6,737
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	23269, 23270
Area code	+381(0)23
Car plates	ZR

Melenci (Serbian Cyrillic: Меленци; Hungarian: Melence) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (93.40%) and its population numbering 6,737 people (2002 census).^[1] The brackish water lake of Okanj is nearby.

In Serbian the village is known as Melenci or Меленци, in Hungarian as Melence, and in German as Melenze.

• 1961: 8,254
• 1971: 8,008
• 1981: 7,685
• 1991: 7,270
• 2002: 6,737
• 2011: 5,956

FK Rusanda Melenci is the local football club. It was founded in 1925.

Rusanda Spa is located on the territory of Melenci.^[2]

There is an abandoned Windmill at the road to Kikinda. It is one of the last two windmills left in Banat.

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

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