Bešenovački Prnjavor () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Syrmia District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and it is the smallest village in the municipality - its population numbering 145 people (2002 census). Near the village is Bešenovo monastery, one of 16 Serb Orthodox monasteries on Fruška Gora mountain.
Name In Serbian, the village is known as Bešenovački Prnjavor (Бешеновачки Прњавор), in Croatian as Bešenovački Prnjavor, and in Hungarian as Besenyőmonostor. Besenyő is the Hungarian word for the Pechenegs.
Historical population
1981: 150 1991: 140 2002: 145
See also Bešenovo monastery List of places in Serbia List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
References Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
External links Besenovo monastery Манастир Бешеново (Besenovo monastery) (Facebook Account)