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There is a small lake at the south-western part of the village, next to which there is a little hill often called "Church Hill" by the local people. Today, however, there is no church in this site, but there are some remnants of a medieval settlement here, among them also the foundations of a larger
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was built (1937) for the numerous faithful living dispersed in the region. The church served as a meeting point for people and many of them started building their homes around the church, forming thus the center of a proper village.
632:(Kernyájszky's row). This latter designation indicates the name of a wealthy man who had several servants living not too far from his villa. This is interesting to note, because Kernyájszky's row of houses is often called also as
667:). A part of Kelebija's territory that traditionally belonged to the village remained in Hungary, forming thus a new settlement on the other side of the border, which is called with the same name, but with Hungarian spelling
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In 1978, the border crossing between
Yugoslavia and Hungary was open, putting thus to end the relative isolation of the village from the rest of the world.
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According to a map drawn in 1783, the territory of today's
Kelebija was completely intersect by many important roads going out from Subotica towards
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Hungarian language, and from the 19th century many of the relatively distant parts of the territory of Kelebia have been called
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Today, Kelebija is the most northern settlement in Serbia, a few hundred meters from the border with
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The forming of
Kelebija as a proper village took place, actually, in the 20th century, when a monumental
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Kalyb, that is to say, today's
Kelebija was mentioned first time in 1297 as the property of
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ethnic majority. A border crossing between Serbia and
Hungary is located in the village.
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of houses (houses close to each other). These rows of farmhouses are called
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Passport stamp from the
Kelebija border crossing from Serbia into Hungary.
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building, which was probably the church of the medieval settlement called
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The ethnic composition of the village is as follows (2002 census):
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in
Hungarian language, referring probably to the ethnic origin (
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Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika
Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
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The village became destroyed and depopulated during the
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As of 2011 census, the village has 2,142 inhabitants.
557:, the largest settlement in the region at that time.
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549:In 1702, the territory of the deserted village (
784:List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
644:) of the inhabitants of this part of Kelebija.
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109:Location of Kelebija within Serbia
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564:The facade of the Catholic Church
553:in Hungarian) became attached to
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20:, also close to the border, see
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624:(the row of hard working men),
519:The Catholic church in Kelebija
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27:Village in Vojvodina, Serbia
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533:Simon Filins Wasa de Kelyb
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809:"Насеља општине Суботица"
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841:Kelebija Customs Details
779:List of places in Serbia
628:(the row of gardener),
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112:Show map of Vojvodina
878:North Bačka District
311: • Density
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616:(Akasztai's row),
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544:Ottoman occupation
537:Kingdom of Hungary
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303: • Total
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178:Show map of Europe
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741:= 1,275 (58.81%)
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274:Municipality
1046:Karađorđevo
954:Novi Žednik
816:stat.gov.rs
717:2011: 2,132
714:2002: 2,168
711:1991: 1,975
708:1981: 1,995
705:1971: 2,434
702:1961: 2,974
673:Alsókelebia
657:World War I
626:Kertész sor
622:Csajkás sor
598:Kiskunhalas
443:Novi Žednik
267:North Bačka
210: /
1164:Categories
1081:Tomislavci
944:Mala Bosna
822:24 October
790:References
739:Hungarians
665:Yugoslavia
383:Mala Bosna
298:Population
198:19°34′00″E
195:46°06′00″N
1148:bold are
1121:Mali Iđoš
1101:Svetićevo
1076:Obornjača
1071:Njegoševo
1036:Zobnatica
1006:Bagremovo
969:Hajdukovo
914:Višnjevac
763:Yugoslavs
634:Szerb sor
618:Belső sor
582:Bácsalmás
505:Hungarian
493:Hungarian
448:Višnjevac
393:Hajdukovo
320:Time zone
255:Vojvodina
60:Hungarian
1175:Subotica
1129:Lovćenac
1086:Panonija
1061:Mićunovo
974:Čantavir
949:Mišićevo
934:Kelebija
886:Subotica
773:See also
757:Bunjevci
590:Mátéháza
586:Tataháza
555:Subotica
501:Subotica
489:Келебија
481:Kelebija
466:Subotica
453:Čantavir
423:Mišićevo
373:Kelebija
367:Subotica
279:Subotica
262:District
242:Province
169:Kelebija
136:Kelebija
103:Kelebija
39:Келебија
34:Kelebija
1134:Feketić
1051:Krivaja
1031:Gunaroš
1021:Bogaraš
979:Šupljak
939:Ljutovo
669:Kelebia
663:(later
594:Mélykút
511:History
403:Šupljak
388:Ljutovo
223:Country
71:Village
53:Kelebia
46:Serbian
22:Kelebia
18:Hungary
1096:Pobeda
1041:Kavilo
929:Đurđin
909:Bikovo
894:Bajmok
768:Others
751:Croats
655:After
640:means
551:puszta
433:Đurđin
428:Bajmok
408:Bikovo
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1091:Pačir
1011:Bajša
959:Palić
812:(pdf)
745:Serbs
638:szerb
526:Kalyb
378:Palić
346:UTC+2
325:UTC+1
306:2,142
824:2019
642:Serb
602:rows
596:and
578:Baja
350:CEST
285:Area
75:Selo
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