Pivnice (; ; ) is a village located in the Bačka Palanka municipality, South Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia. The population of the village is 2,812 people (2022 census).
Name The name of the settlement in Serbian is plural, and singular in Slovak. In Pannonian Rusyn, the name of the village is at present an indeclinable masculine singular noun, but it may historically have been the genitive plural form of , a feminine noun. All three names ultimately derive from the Proto-Slavic *pivьnica, meaning "cellar".
Demographics Historical population 1961: 5,541 1971: 5,162 1981: 4,820 1991: 4,361 2011: 3,337 2022: 2,812
Ethnic groups According to data from the 2022 census, ethnic groups in the village include: 2,058 (73.2%) Slovaks 532 (18.9%) Serbs Others/Undeclared/Unknown
Historical population
See also List of places in Serbia List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
References Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
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