Ledinci

Ledinci Лединци
Village
Ledinci Ledinci
Official seal of Ledinci Seal
Ledinci Location in Serbia
Coordinates:
Country	Serbia
District	South Bačka
Municipality	Petrovaradin
Population (2002)	1,623
Time zone	UTC+1
Area code(s)	+ 381(0)21

Ledinci (Serbian Cyrillic: Лединци), also known as Novi Ledinci (Serbian Cyrillic: 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

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Orthodox Church in Ledinci

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Ledinci

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Novi Sad

Petrovaradin

Budisava

Kać

Čenej

Kisač

Rumenka

Veternik

Futog

Begeč

Stepanovićevo

Sremska
Kamenica

Bukovac

Ledinci

Stari
Ledinci

Kovilj

City of Novi Sad
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Municipality of
Novi Sad

Municipality of
Petrovaradin

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, 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.

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

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  Center of the village

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  Ledinci

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  Ledinci

• Poplava ledinci.JPG

  Flood of the Danube river near Ledinci in 2006