Novi Bečej
town and municipality in Serbia
Novi Bečej (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Бечеј, Hungarian: Törökbecse) is a town and municipality located in the Central Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 10,967, while Novi Bečej municipality has 19,886 inhabitants (2022 census).
Name
Novi Bečej means "New Bečej". In the past it was known as Turski Bečej (Serbian Cyrillic: Турски Бечеј, "Turkish Bečej"), while the current town of Bečej, across the river Tisa (in the Bačka region) was in the past known as Stari Bečej (Serbian Cyrillic: Стари Бечеј, "Old Bečej").
There are several theories about town's name origin. The first one is that it derives from Castellum de Beche, which was the name of the fort located near today's town center. The other theory is that the name was given after the family Wechey, which used to rule the settlement and the land around modern-day Novi Bečej. The town was also known as Turski Bečej (Турски Бечеј). In 1919 it was renamed Novi Bečej (Нови Бечеј).
For a short period of time after the World War II, from 1947 to 1952, the name of the town was Волошиново (Vološinovo) after the Red Army Colonel Lavrenty Voloshinov who died in the battle for the liberation of the town.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Novi Bečej” is town and municipality in Serbia. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Novi, Bečej and town, not as a finished interpretation.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q138474. Authority coordinates are 45.600, 20.117. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2022, 1919, 1947 and 1952.
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