Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin
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| City of Zrenjanin | |
Freedom Square in Zrenjanin Zrenjanin Court House Dunđerski Palace Zrenjanin Vodotoranj | |
Location of Zrenjanin within Serbia | |
| Coordinates: 45°23′0″N 20°23′22″E / 45.38333°N 20.38944°E | |
| Country | Serbia |
| Province | Vojvodina |
| District | Central Banat |
| Settled by Roxolani | 3rd century AD |
| Founded | 10 July 1326 |
| City status | 6 June 1769 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Simo Salapura (SNS) |
| Area | |
| • Rank | 3rd in Serbia |
| • Urban | 193.03 km2 (74.53 sq mi) |
| • Administrative | 1,325.88 km2 (511.93 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Population (2022 census) | |
| • Rank | 10th in Serbia |
| • Urban | 67,129 |
| • Urban density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) |
| • Administrative | 105,722 |
| • Administrative density | 80/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Zrenjaninci (sr) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 23000 |
| Area code | +381(0)23 |
| ISO 3166 code | SRB |
| Official languages | Serbian together with Hungarian, Romanian and Slovak |
| Website | zrenjanin |
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Zrenjanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Зрењанин, pronounced [zrɛ̌ɲanin]; Hungarian: Nagybecskerek; Romanian: Becicherecu Mare; Slovak: Zreňanin; German: Großbetschkerek) is a city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city urban area has a population of 67,129 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 105,722 inhabitants (2022 census data). The old name for Zrenjanin is Veliki Bečkerek or Nagybecskerek as it was known under Austria-Hungary up until 1918. After World War I and the liberation of Veliki Bečkerek the new name of the city was Petrovgrad, in honor of His Majesty King Peter I the Great Liberator, the King of Serbia and the King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Zrenjanin is the 2nd largest city in the Serbian part of the Banat geographical region, and the 4th largest city in Vojvodina (after Novi Sad, Subotica and Pancevo). The city was designated European City of Sport 2021.