Svetozar Miletić (Sombor)
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| Svetozar Miletić Светозар Милетић |
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| Country | Serbia | |
| District | West Bačka | |
| Municipality | Sombor | |
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| Population | 3,169 (2002) | |
| Postal code | 25211 | |
| Area code | +381 25 | |
| Car plates | SO | |
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Svetozar Miletić (in Serbian: Светозар Милетић, in Croatian also known under its old name: Lemeš) is a village in Bačka region in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated in the Sombor municipality, in the West Bačka District. The village is ethnically mixed and its population numbering 3,169 people (2002 census).
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[edit] Name
The village was named after Svetozar Miletić, a political leader of Serbs in Vojvodina from second half of 19th century.
In Serbian, the village is known as Svetozar Miletić (Светозар Милетић), in Croatian as Lemeš, in German as Berauersheim, and in Hungarian as Nemesmillitics. Before 1925, in Serbian the name Lemeš was used for the village.
The origin of the villagename in Hungarian and Croatian comes from the Hungarian word nemes (a noble), while for the word militics it is believed that it comes from Latin militis (a soldier). Local Croats of Bunjevci group have shortened and transformed the name Nemesmilitics into Lemeš, and later Slavic settlers accepted that name.
When new ruler came, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, ruled by Serbs, the villagename was changed. In 1925, it was changed into Svetozar Miletić, after the Serb political leader.
[edit] Demographics
According to the 2002 census, ethnic groups in the village included:
- Hungarians = 1,455 (45.91%)
- Croats = 581 (18.33%) (*)
- Serbs = 549 (17.32%) (*)
- Bunjevci = 217 (6.85%) (*)
- Yugoslavs = 149 (4.70%) (*)
- others.
(*) Total number of South Slavs (Croats, Serbs, Bunjevci, Yugoslavs) that live in the village is 1,496 (47.21%).
[edit] Historical population
- 1961: 3,990
- 1971: 3,860
- 1981: 3,685
- 1991: 3,292
- 2002: 3,169
[edit] Famous persons
- Gaja Alaga (1924-1988), Croatian theoretical physicist
[edit] References
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
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