spoke Serbian, 6,587 German, 5,705 Romanian, and 5,355 Hungarian. This town had a significant role in the outbreak of World War I. In July 1914, a purported military skirmish here was a proximate cause of the declaration of war against Serbia by Franz Joseph I of Austria, but the report of such skirmish was apparently false, or greatly exaggerated. In 1918, Kovin became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed to Yugoslavia in 1929). Between 1918 and 1922, it was part of Banat county; between 1922 and 1929 part of the Podunavska oblast; and between 1929 and 1941 part of the Danube Banovina. Between 1941 and 1944, Kovin was under Axis occupation and was part of the autonomous Banat region within German-occupied Serbia. The town was heavily bombed by the Allies in 1944. In 1945, it became part of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina within the Socialist Republic of Serbia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In 1992, Kovin became part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was in 2003 transformed into the state union of Serbia and Montenegro. Since 2006, the town is part of an independent Serbia. Inhabited places Kovin municipality includes the town of Kovin and the following villages: Bavanište Gaj Deliblato Dubovac Malo Bavanište Mramorak Pločica Skorenovac () Šumarak There is also this unofficial settlement in municipality: Čardak Demographics According to the 2011 census, the total population of the municipality of Kovin was 33,722 inhabitants. Ethnic groups Municipality Settlements with a Serb ethnic majority are: Kovin, Bavanište, Gaj, Deliblato, Dubovac, Malo Bavanište, Mramorak, and Pločica. Skorenovac has a Hungarian ethnic majority. Šumarak is an ethnically mixed settlement with a relative Hungarian majority. Town Economy The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018): Twin cities Ráckeve, Hungary See also List of places in Serbia Municipalities of Serbia South Banat District References Jovan Erdeljanović, Srbi u Banatu, Novi Sad, 1992. Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996. External links Municipality of Kovin Radio BUS - News from Kovin Kovin Ekspres - online news and newspaper from Kovin NETcom - Information technologies - services and data recovery Populated places in Serbian Banat Populated places in South Banat District Municipalities and cities of Vojvodina Towns in Serbia