Ledinci

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Ledinci

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

1 Population
2 Geography
3 History
4 Family names of the villagers
5 References
6 See also
7 Gallery
8 External links

[edit] Population

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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, Milinković, Miloradović, Milošević, Milutinović, Mirković, Nikolić, Ninković, Pantelić, Petrić, Petrović, Pisarević, Poguberović, Popović, Prodanović, Prokić, Rakić, Rukavina, Stanković, Suvajdžić, Teofanović, Vojnović, Vrčinac, Vujković, Zaklanac, Zarić, Zoranović, Vasilić, Vukajlović, Stjepanović, Mršić, Vujinović, etc.