Vrbas (ВрбаÑ) is a city and municipality located in Serbia at 45.57° N 19.65° E, in the South Backa District in the province of Vojvodina. In 2002 the city had a total population of 25,887, while the municipality had 45,839.
Its name stems from the word "Willow" in the Serbian language. During the SFRY period, the town was renamed Titov Vrbas (meaning "the Vrbas of Tito"), after Josip Broz Tito. Like all other towns in Socialist Yugoslavia named after Tito, the first part was dropped once the new states were formed during the early 1990's
Vrbas was mentioned first in 1665. In this time, it belonged to the Ottoman Empire and was populated by ethnic Serbs. Since the end of the 17th century, Vrbas belonged to the Habsburg Monarchy, and after 1784 many Germans settled in the town. In 1918, Vrbas became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed to Yugoslavia). As a consequence of the World War II events in Yugoslavia, German population fled from the town after this war. In the same time, many settlers from Montenegro came to Vrbas and other neighbouring places.Ethnic groups in the Vrbas town* Serbs (41.19%)
* Montenegrins (30.05%)
* Hungarians (7.73%)
* Rusyns (5.71%)
* Ukrainians (2.88%)
* Yugoslavs (2.04%)
* Croats (1.65%)Historical population of the town* 1961: 19,316
* 1971: 22,496
* 1981: 25,143
* 1991: 25,858Notable citizens* Radoman Bozovic Serbian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Serbia from 1991 to 1993.
* Milorad Vucelic Serbian politician.
* The Hungarian singer Magdolna Rúzsa was born in Vrbas. She won Megasztár, Hungary's version of Pop Idol in 2006. Magdolna Rúzsa is representing Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland.
* The hungarian writer, Molter Károly
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