🇷🇸 Vrbas is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia.
1Name Its name stems from the word for 'willow' in Serbian. During the SFRY period, the town was renamed Titov Vrbas (meaning 'Tito's Vrbas'), after Josip Broz Tito. Like all other towns in communist Yugoslavia named after Tito, the first part was dropped once the new states were formed during the early 1990s.
In Rusyn, the town is known as Вербас, in Hungarian as Verbász, in Croatian as Vrbas, in German as Werbass, and in Turkish as Verbas.
1History Vrbas was mentioned first in 1213 during the administration of the Kingdom of Hungary. According to other sources, it was mentioned first in 1387. In the 16th century it became a part of the Ottoman Empire. During Ottoman administration it was populated by ethnic Serbs.
Since the Treaty of Passarowitz (1718), Vrbas and the Banat were placed under administration of the Habsburg monarchy. According to the 1720 census, it was populated exclusively by Serbs (about 250 families).
After 1784 many Germans settled in the town founding a new settlement named Novi Vrbas (Neu-Verbasz) near the old Serb settlement, which then became known as Stari Vrbas (Old Vrbas).
In 1910, population of Novi Vrbas was mostly composed of ethnic Germans, while population of Stari Vrbas was ethnically mixed and was mainly composed of Serbs and Germans.
In 1918, Vrbas became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which was later renamed to Yugoslavia. The town was under Axis occupation in 1941–1944, and during that time it was attached to Horthy's Hungary. As a consequence of the World War II events in Yugoslavia, the German population fled from the town after this war. At the same time, many settlers from Montenegro came to Vrbas and other neighbouring places.
1Inhabited places Vrbas municipality includes the city of Vrbas and the following villages: • Bačko Dobro Polje • Zmajevo • Kosančić • Kucura • Ravno Selo • Savino Selo.
1Vrbas has a population of over 42,092 people. Vrbas also forms one of the centres of the wider South Bačka District which has a population of over 615,371 people. It is also a part of the larger Vojvodina Province. Vrbas is situated 39 km north of Novi Sad.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Vrbas has links with:
🇷🇺 Kostroma, Russia 🇲🇪 Nikšić, Montenegro 🇸🇰 Svidník, Slovak Republic 🇭🇺 Taksony, Hungary🇮🇹 Paderno Dugnano 45.567
🇫🇷 La Tour-du-Pin 45.564
🇺🇸 Washington County 45.56
🇺🇸 Saint Cloud 45.55
🇨🇦 McMasterville 45.55
🇵🇱 Piotrków Trybunalski 19.683
🇸🇰 Liptovský Mikuláš 19.6
🇷🇸 Sremska Mitrovica 19.6
🇵🇱 Nowe Miasto Lubawskie 19.598
🇵🇱 Sucha Beskidzka 19.583
Locations Near: Vrbas 19.65,45.567
🇷🇸 Novi Sad 19.833,45.25 d: 38
🇷🇸 Bačka Palanka 19.4,45.25 d: 40.3
🇷🇸 Subotica 19.65,46.1 d: 59.3
🇷🇸 Sombor 19.117,45.783 d: 47.9
🇷🇸 Sremska Mitrovica 19.6,44.967 d: 66.9
🇷🇸 Inđija 20.083,45.05 d: 66.7
🇷🇸 Stara Pazova 20.167,44.983 d: 76.5
Antipodal to: Vrbas -160.35,-45.567
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16979.3
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16742.1
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16402.9
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16326.9
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12735.5
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12633.7
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12618.2
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 12614.8