Melenci is a village located in the Zrenjanin

Zrenjanin

Zrenjanin is a city and municipality located in the eastern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the Central Banat District of Serbia...

 municipality, in the Central Banat District

Central Banat District

Central Banat District is a northeastern district of Serbia. It lies in the region of Banat, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 208,456...

 of Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina

Vojvodina

Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...

. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 6,737 people (2002 census). The brackish water

Brackish water

Brackish water is water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing of seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries, or it may occur in brackish fossil aquifers. The word comes from the Middle Dutch root "brak," meaning "salty"...

 lake

Lakes of Serbia

This is the list of lakes in Serbia.*Note: in Serbian, word for lake is almost always a part of the lake's name. If the name is given as a noun, jezero precedes it , if the name is given as an adjective , jezero comes after .-See also:* List of rivers of Serbia* List of mountains of Serbia...

 of Okanj

Okanj

Okanj is a lake situated near the left bank of the Tisa River in Serbia. It is an oxbow lake formed from a meander of the river itself and is situated near the village of Elemir in the Zrenjanin commune, western Banat, Vojvodina Province, Serbia. The whole depression occupies 200 hectares and...

 is nearby.

Sports

FK Rusanda Melenci is the local football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club. It was founded in 1925.

Trivia

Rusanda Spa is located on the territory of Melenci.

There is an abandoned Windmill at the road to Kikinda

Kikinda

Kikinda is a town and a municipality located in Serbia, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the North Banat District. The town has 42,000 inhabitants, while the municipality has approximately 67,000 inhabitants.The modern city was founded in 18th century...

. It is one of the last two windmills left in Banat

Banat

The Banat is a geographical and historical region in Central Europe currently divided between three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania , the western part in northeastern Serbia , and a small...

.

External links

• Official presentation of the village (in Serbian)