Čantavir (Serbian Cyrillic: Чантавир, Hungarian: Csantavér, Croatian: Čantavir) is the largest village with Hungarian ethnic majority in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated in the municipality of Subotica, North Bačka District. The village has a population of 6,951 inhabitants (as of 2011 census). The main occupation of the villagers is agriculture and stock breeding.
History
Historical population
1921: 8,969
1931: 11,287
1948: 9,397
1953: 9,262
1961: 9,341
1971: 9,085
1981: 8,596
1991: 7,940
2002: 7,178
2011: 6,951
School and culture
There is an elementary school in Čantavir.
This school have had a very famous children's choir conducted by Éva Gubena music teacher (she got the prize "Sparkle of Culture" in 2001).
In 1995, previous members of famous children's choir, (Bodor/ Huszár/ Melinda, Barkóci/ Juhász/ Szilvia, Pósa/ Faragó/ Gabriella, Sándor/ Pósa/ Csilla, Poljaković/ Zabos/ Marianna) started a ladies choir "Primavera" under conductor Éva Gubena.
From 1996 "Primavera" became a mixed voice chamber choir "Musica Viva". They have tried to bring live music to the hearts of their audience at concerts, festivals and other events. On their programme there are numerous compositions from all areas of musical history.
People
József Törley (1858-1907), Hungarian business magnate, investor, philanthropist[2]
