Ledinci

Ledinci (Serbian Cyrillic: Лединци) also known as Novi Ledinci (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Лединци) is a suburban settlement located in the Petrovaradin municipality, one of two municipalities of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village is part of the metropolitan area of Novi Sad.

Ledinci

Лединци (Serbian)
Suburban settlement
Ledinci
Seal
Ledinci
Location within Novi Sad
Coordinates: 45°12′39″N 19°48′13″E
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
DistrictSouth Bačka
Municipality Novi Sad
Area
 • Total7.90 km2 (3.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total1,623
 • Density210/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+381(0)21
Car platesNS

Name

The name of the settlement in Serbian is in the plural, and therefore it is grammatically correct to refer to it as "Ledinci are" instead of "Ledinci is". A hypothetical singular version of the name would be Ledinac.

Population
Orthodox Church in Ledinci
Ledinci

The population of the village is 1,623 people (2002 census) and most of its inhabitants are ethnic Serbs.

Historical population:

  • 1961: 1,013
  • 1971: 1,194
  • 1981: 1,707
  • 1991: 1,922

Geography

The village is geographically located in Srem, but it is part of South Bačka District. There are two villages with this name: Novi Ledinci (New Ledinci) and Stari Ledinci (Old Ledinci). Today, the name "Ledinci" is officially used to designate Novi Ledinci, while other village is officially known as Stari Ledinci. Both villages are located in Petrovaradin municipality, on the brows of Fruška Gora mountain.

History

The village of Novi Ledinci was founded after the Second World War. It was built for inhabitants of Stari Ledinci, since this village was destroyed during the war. Later, the village of Stari Ledinci was rebuilt too.

Family names of the villagers

Some prominent families in the village include: Alimpijević, Antonijević, Arackić, Arsenijević, Avramović, Bačić, Batajić, Božić, Čelić, Čerkez, Dešanović, Dikić, Dimitrijević, Doroci, Đermanov, Florić, Isajević, Jeftić, Jovanović, Kirilović, Kiselica, Kovačević, Krstić, Lukić, Marinković, Matić, Mikerević, Milinković, Milićević Miloradović, Milošević, Milutinović, Mirković, Nikolić, Ninković, Pavlov , Pantelić, Petrić, Petrović, Pisarević, Poguberović, Popović, Prodanović, Prokić, Rakić, Rukavina, Stanković, Suvajdžić, Teodorović, Teofanović, Vojnović, Vrčinac, Vujković, Zaklanac, Zarić, Zoranović, Vasilić, Vukajlović, Stjepanović, Mršić, Vujinović, etc.

  • Center of the village
  • Ledinci
  • Flood of the Danube river near Ledinci in 2006

See also

References
  1. "Насеља општине Петроварадин" (pdf). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
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