Šid

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::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
native_name	sr-Cyrl
sk
rsk
native_name_lang	sr
official_name	Šid
settlement_type	Town and municipality
image_shield	Šid-mali grb.png
image_flag	Zastava opštine Šid.png
image_skyline	{{multiple image
border	infobox
perrow	1/2/3/2/2
total_width	260
align	center
caption_align	center
image1	Ruski dvor u Šidu 382.jpg
caption1	Ruthenian Court
image2	Galerija Sava Šumanović 455.jpg
caption2	Sava Šumanović Gallery
image3	Kuća Save Šumanovića 391.jpg
caption3	Sava Šumanović's Birth House
image4	Šid, crkva Sv. Nikole 063.jpg
caption4	Church of St. Nicholas
image5	Rimokatolička crkva (Šid) 418.jpg
caption5	Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
image6	Nekropola Beljnjača 404.jpg
caption6	Beljnjača Necropolis
image7	Slovački dom u Šidu (Srbija) Slováci v Шиду.jpg
caption7	Slovak Centre
image8	Slovak evangelical church Šid.jpg
caption8	Slovak Evangelical Church
image9	Centar za kulturu Šid 372.jpg
caption9	Šid Cultural Centre
image10	Šid, galerija Ilijanum 001.jpg
caption10	Naive Art Museum
image_map	Municipalities of Serbia Šid.png
map_caption	Location of the municipality of Šid within Serbia
pushpin_map	Serbia
pushpin_relief	yes
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Serbia
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Serbia
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Vojvodina
subdivision_type2	Region
subdivision_name2	Syrmia
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Srem
parts_type	Settlements
parts_style	para
p1	19
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Zoran Semenović
leader_party	SNS
area_blank1_title	Town
area_blank1_km2	47.30
area_blank2_title	Municipality
area_blank2_km2	687.07
area_footnotes
elevation_m	98
population_footnotes
population_as_of	2022 census
population_blank1_title	Town
population_blank1	12618
population_density_blank1_km2	auto
population_blank2_title	Municipality
population_blank2	27894
population_density_blank2_km2	auto
population_demonym	Šiđanin (♂) Šiđanka (♀)

::callout[type=note] the town in Serbia ::

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Šid (Шид, ; ) is a town and municipality located in the Srem District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It has a population of 12,628, while the municipality has 27,894 inhabitants (2022 census). A border crossing between Serbia and Croatia is located in the town.

Name

In Serbian, the town is known as Šid (Шид), in Hungarian as Sid, in German as Schid, in Slovak as Šíd, and in Rusyn as Шид.

History

Šid was firstly mentioned in 1702. At first, settlement was part of Danubian Military Frontier, but since the middle of the 18th century, it was part of the Syrmia County of the Habsburg Kingdom of Slavonia. In 1848–1849, Šid was part of Serbian Vojvodina, and in 1849–1860 part of Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar. After the abolishment of the voivodeship in 1860, Šid was again incorporated into Syrmia County of the Kingdom of Slavonia.

In 1868, Kingdom of Slavonia was joined with the Kingdom of Croatia into the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, which was part of the Kingdom of Hungary and Austria-Hungary. Šid was a district center within Syrmia County. In 1910, ethnic Serbs were in absolute majority in the town, while other sizable ethnic groups included Rusyns, Slovaks and Croats.

In 1918, the town first became part of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, then part of the Kingdom of Serbia and finally part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. From 1918 to 1922, Šid was part of the Syrmia county, from 1922 to 1929 part of the Syrmia oblast, from 1929 to 1931 part of the Drina Banovina, from 1931 to 1939 part of the Danube Banovina, and from 1939 to 1941 part of the Banovina of Croatia.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Sremski_Front_2025_5.jpg" caption="[[Syrmian Front]] memorial in Šid"] ::

During World War II, from 1941 to 1944, the town was occupied by Axis troops and was included into the Pavelić's Independent State of Croatia. The fascist Ustashe regime systematically murdered Serbs (as part of the Genocide of the Serbs), Jews (The Holocaust), Roma (The Porajmos), and some political dissidents. In August 1942, following the joint military anti-partisan operation in the Syrmia by the Ustashe and German Wehrmacht, it turned into a massacre by the Ustasha militia that left up to 7,000 Serbs dead.

Among those killed was the prominent painter Sava Šumanović, who was arrested along with 150 residents of Šid. In 1944, Šid was liberated by Yugoslav Partisans and until April 1945, a number of battles of the Syrmian Front campaign were fought near the town. The Yugoslav Partisans mined the local Catholic church during the offensive in late 1944.

Since 1944, the town is part of Vojvodina, which (from 1945) was an autonomous province of Serbia and Yugoslavia. On 5 November 1991, the Serbian government accused Croatian forces of firing 15 artillery rockets into the city, killing four people and wounding 12 in what became the first attack on Serbian soil during the Yugoslav Wars. In 2009, Šid was declared mine-free after demining actions to remove explosives dating from the conflict.

Inhabited places

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Sid_mun.png" caption="Map of Šid municipality"] ::

The municipality of Šid encompasses of town of Šid, and the following villages:

Demographics

| type = | percentages = pagr |1948|32518 |1953|34679 |1961|37430 |1971|38752 |1981|37459 |1991|36317 |2002|38973 |2011|34188 |2022|27894 | source = According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Šid had 34,188 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

Most of the settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority. The settlement with Slovak ethnic majority is Ljuba. Ethnically mixed settlements are Bikić Do (with relative Rusyn majority) and Sot (with relative Serb majority).

The ethnic composition of the municipality: ::data[format=table]

Ethnic group	Population	%
Serbs	26,646	77.94%
Slovaks	2,136	6.25%
Croats	1,748	5.11%
Rusyns	1,027	3.00%
Roma	204	0.60%
Hungarians	179	0.52%
Yugoslavs	152	0.44%
Ukrainians	47	0.14%
Macedonians	26	0.08%
Montenegrins	26	0.08%
Muslims	24	0.07%
Russians	17	0.05%
Germans	14	0.04%
Albanians	10	0.03%
Romanians	3	0.01%
Others	1,929	5.65%
Total	34,188
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Culture

Near the Privina Glava village is Privina Glava Monastery. According to the legend, the monastery was founded by the squire Priva in the 12th century.

A museum dedicated to an important Serbian artist Sava Šumanović, and a museum of naïve art "Ilijanum" consisting of more than 300 works of fine art, is located in the municipality.

Economy

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018): ::data[format=table]

Activity	Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	644
Mining and quarrying	-
Manufacturing	1,760
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	18
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	195
Construction	104
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,043
Transportation and storage	588
Accommodation and food services	181
Information and communication	129
Financial and insurance activities	118
Real estate activities	4
Professional, scientific and technical activities	282
Administrative and support service activities	89
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security	858
Education	502
Human health and social work activities	369
Arts, entertainment and recreation	90
Other service activities	101
Individual agricultural workers	508
Total	7,593
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Sports

Local football club Radnički 1910 spent one season in the second tier Serbian football under the name Big Bull Radnički.

Twin towns – sister cities

There are three official sister cities of Šid:

ITA Genoa, Italy
AND Andorra la Vella, Andorra
FIN Kitee, Finland

Notable people

References

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(17 August 2010). "Obnova crkve Presvetog Srca Isusova u Šidu".
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