Biography

Čelarevo Dunacséb (Hungarian) Čib Чиб
Village (Selo)
Čelarevo
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Coordinates: 45°16′N 19°32′E / 45.267°N 19.533°E / 45.267; 19.533
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Region	Bačka (Podunavlje)
District	South Bačka
Municipality	Bačka Palanka
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Čelarevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Челарево; Hungarian: Dunacséb) is a village located in the Bačka Palanka municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbers 5,423 people (2002 census).

Prior to 1946, the village was known as Čib (Serbian Cyrillic: Чиб), but was renamed Čelarevo in honour of Partisan commander and National Hero of Yugoslavia Zdravko Čelar (1917-1942).

Demographics

Ethnic groups (2002 census):

• Serbs = 4,396
• Slovaks = 462
• Hungarians = 138
• Yugoslavs = 114
• Croats = 62
• Montenegrins = 22
• Germans = 15
• Ukrainians = 10
• others.

Historical population

• 1961: 3,717
• 1971: 4,073
• 1981: 4,817
• 1991: 5,011

Gallery

• 
  Map of the Bačka Palanka municipality, showing the location of Čelarevo
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  The Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of Mary
• 
  The "Lav" brewery in Čelarevo

See also

• FK Bačka Bačka Palanka
• Lav pivo
• Carlsberg Srbija
• FK ČSK Pivara
• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

References

• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

45°16′N 19°32′E / 45.267°N 19.533°E / 45.267; 19.533