Čalma

Čalma Чалма (Serbian)
Village (Selo)
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Coordinates: 45°04′44″N 19°30′23″E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Region	Syrmia
District	Srem
Municipality	Sremska Mitrovica
Population  (2002)
• Total	1,675
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Čalma (Serbian Cyrillic: Чалма) is a village located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Syrmia District of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,675 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Čalma (Чалма), in Croatian as Čalma, in Hungarian as Csalma, and in German as Tschalma.

Demographics

Ethnic groups (2002 census):

• Serbs = 1,634 (97.55%)
• Croats = 14 (0.84%)
• others.

The ethnic Germans consisted half of the village population before The Second World War.

Historical population

• 1961: 1,704
• 1971: 1,787
• 1981: 1,855
• 1991: 1,776
• 2002: 1,675

See also

• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

References

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