Veliko Središte

Veliko Središte (Велико Средиште; Nagyszered) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Vršac municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province.

Demography
The village has a Serb ethnic majority (77.91%) and its population numbering 1,269 people (2011 census). There is a sizable number of ethnic Hungarians (7.38%), Czechs (4.25%), Romanians (2.38%) and other minorities as well as ethnically mixed families which is not uncommon in Vojvodina.

Name
In Serbian, the village is known as Veliko Središte (Велико Средиште), in Hungarian as Nagyszered, in Romanian as Srediștea Mare, and in German as Groß-Sredischte.

Historical population

 * 1961: 2,120
 * 1971: 1,815
 * 1981: 1,698
 * 1991: 1,584
 * 2002: 1,340
 * 2011: 1,269