Ledinci


Ledinci, also known as Novi Ledinci, 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.

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

The population of the village is 1,623 people and most of its inhabitants are ethnic Serbs.
Historical population:
The village is geographically located in Srem, but it is part of South Bačka District. There are two villages with this name: Novi Ledinci and Stari 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.

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