Svetozar Miletić (village)


Svetozar Miletić is a village located in Sombor municipality in the West Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated in Bačka geographical region. The village is ethnically mixed and its population numbering 2,746 inhabitants.

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, in Croatian as Lemeš or Svetozar Miletić, in Bunjevac as Svetozar Miletić or Lemeš, in German as Milititsch, and in Hungarian as Nemesmillitics. Before 1925, in Serbian, Croatian and Bunjevac the name Lemeš was used for the village.
The origin of the village name in Hungarian comes from the Hungarian word nemes, while for the word militics it is believed that it comes from Latin militis. Local Bunjevci people have shortened and transformed the name Nemesmilitics into Lemeš. During the administration of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes the village name was changed into Svetozar Miletić.

Demographics

According to the last official census done in 2011, the village of Svetozar Miletić has 2,746 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

According to the 2002 census, ethnic groups in the village included:
Total number of South Slavs that live in the village is 1,496.

Famous persons