Melenci



Melenci (Меленци; 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). The brackish water lake of Okanj is nearby.

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

Historical population

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

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

Trivia
Rusanda Spa is located on the territory of Melenci.

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