Ledinci

Official name	Ledinci
Native name	Лединци
Settlement type	Village
Pushpin map	Serbia
Pushpin label position	bottom
Pushpin map caption	Location in Serbia
Coordinates display	inline,title
Coordinates region	RS
Subdivision type	Country
Subdivision name
Subdivision type1	District
Subdivision name1	South Bačka
Subdivision type2	Municipality
Subdivision name2	Petrovaradin
Population as of	2002
Population	1,623
Timezone	UTC+1
Coordinates type	region:RS_type:city
Area code	+ 381(0)21

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.

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

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, 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, Stevan Starčević also called the flying dutchman. etc.

See also

Stari Ledinci

Ledinci Lake

Fruška Gora

List of places in Serbia

List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

References

Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

Gallery

Category:Suburbs of Novi Sad Category:Places in Syrmia Category:Populated places in Vojvodina Category:South Bačka District