Stepanovićevo


Stepanovićevo is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. It has a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 2,214 people. Stepanovićevo is situated about 20 km north-west from Novi Sad, between the villages of Kisač and Zmajevo.

Name

The village was named after Serbian Voivode Stepa Stepanović who distinguished himself in Serbia's wars from 1876 to 1918. In Serbian Cyrillic, the village is known as Степановићево, in Serbian Latin and Croatian as Stepanovićevo, and in Hungarian as Bácshadikfalva.

History

It was founded after World War I.

Historical population

The village is located on the main rail tracks in Serbia, which connect Subotica, Novi Sad, and Belgrade. Stepanovićevo, like most settlements close to Novi Sad, is connected to Novi Sad by the city's bus service JGSP Novi Sad - bus line 43. Many buses on route Vrbas-Novi Sad also pass through the village.