Ledinci ( sr-cyr, Лединци) also known as Novi Ledinci ( sr-cyr, Нови Лединци) is a suburban settlement located in the

Petrovaradin Petrovaradin ( sr-cyr, Петроварадин, ) is a historic town in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, now a part of the city of Novi Sad. As of 2011, the urban area has 14,810 inhabitants. Lying on the right bank of the Danube, across from t ...

municipality, one of two municipalities of the city of

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

, 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 Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

is plural.

Population

Most of the inhabitants are ethnic

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

Geography

The village is geographically located in Srem, but it is part of

South Bačka District The South Bačka District ( sr, Јужнобачки округ, Južnobački okrug, ; hu, Dél-bácskai körzet; ) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Geographically it lies in the southern ...

. There are two villages with this name: Novi Ledinci (New Ledinci) and

Stari Ledinci Stari Ledinci ( sr-cyrl, Стари Лединци) also known simply as Ledinci ( sr-cyr, Лединци) is a suburban settlement of Petrovaradin, Novi Sad, Serbia. The population of Stari Ledinci numbered 823 people in the 2002 census. Most o ...

(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

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. 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 Arsenijević ( sr-cyr, Арсенијевић) is a Serbian surname, a patronymic derived from the given name '' Arsenije'' (from Greek ''Arsenios''). It may refer to: *Milorad Arsenijević (d. 1987), Yugoslav Serbian footballer * Filip Arsenijevi ...

Avramović Avramović ( sr, Аврамовић) is a Serbian surname derived from a masculine given name Avram, and may refer to: *Aleksa Avramović, (born 1994), Serbian basketball player *Aleksandra Avramović (born 1982), Serbian volleyball player *Dimitr ...

Bačić Bačić is a surname found in Croatia and Serbia. It may refer to: * Doris Bačić (born 1995), Croatian football player * Lazar Bačić (1865–1941), Croatian Serb merchant and philanthropist * Lidija Bačić (born 1985), Croatian singer * Slav ...

, Batajić,

Božić Božić is a common surname in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. The spelling Božič is found in Slovenia. It is derived from the name Božo. Božić is a common surname in Croatia, with 8,115 bearers (2011 census). It is t ...

, Čelić, Čerkez, Dešanović, Dikić, Dimitrijević, Doroci, Đermanov, Florić, Isajević,

Jeftić Jeftić ( sr, Јефтић) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Danina Jeftić (born 1986), Serbian actress and handball player * Dejan Jeftić (born 1989), Bosnian professional basketball player See also * Jevtić {{DEFAULT ...

Jovanović Jovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Јовановић, ) is the most common Serbian surname. It derives from '' Jovan'', which is comparable to John in English. The part ''ov'' designates possession: ''Jovanov'' means ''John's''. The suffix ''ić'' is a dimin ...

, Kirilović,

Kiselica Kiselica ( mk, Киселица) is a village in the municipality of Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country ...

Kovačević Kovačević ( South Slavic, Cyrillic: Ковачевић), Kovačevič ( Slovene and Slovak; feminine (Slovak): Kovačevičová) or Kovačovič ( Slovak; feminine: Kovačovičová), is a Slavic surname meaning "lackmith's son". The surname is d ...

Krstić Krstić (, sr-cyr, Крстић) is a Serbian surname, a patronymic derived from the given name ''Krsta'' or '' Krsto''. It may refer to: * Aleksandar Krstić, Serbian football agent and a former footballer *Bilja Krstić, Serbian singer * Denko K ...

Lukić Lukić ( sr-Cyrl, Лукић, ) is a Serbo-Croatian surname, a patronymic and diminutive of Luka. It may refer to: * Andrej Lukić (born 1994), Croatian footballer * Dragan Lukić (1928–2006), Serbian children's writer * Dragan Lukić Lvky (born ...

Marinković Marinković ( sr-Cyrl, Маринковић) is a Serbo-Croatian surname, a patronymic derived from the given name '' Marinko''. It may refer to: * Aleksandar Marinković (footballer, born 1990), football goalkeeper *Bojana Marinković (born 1996) ...

Matić Matić ( sr-Cyrl, Матић, ) is a common Croats, Croatian or Serbs, Serbian surname. It is a patronymic name of Mate (given name), Mate, the Croatian, or Matija, both Croatian and Serbian variants of the Latin name ''Mathaeus'', English ''Matthe ...

, Mikerević,

Milinković Milinković ( sr-Cyrl, Милинковић, ) is a surname derived from a masculine given name Milinko. It may refer to: * David Milinković (born 1994), Serbian-French footballer *Duško Milinković (born 1960), Serbian footballer *Marcos Milinko ...

, Milićević Miloradović, Milošević,

Milutinović Milutinović ( sr, Милутиновић) is a Serbo-Croatian surname, a patronymic derived from ''Milutin''. It may refer to: * Andreja Milutinović (born 1990), Serbian basketball player. * Bora Milutinović (born 1944), Serbian football coach. ...

Mirković Mirković ( sr-Cyrl, Мирковић, ; meaning "son of "Mirko") is a Serbian and Croatian surname, and may refer to: *Borivoje Mirković (1884–1969), Yugoslav brigadier general *Čedomir Mirković (1944–2005), Serbian writer *Dragana Mirkovi ...

Nikolić Nikolić (), meaning "son of Nikola", is a common South Slavic surname and is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Austria and Serbia. Nikolić is the third most frequent surname in Serbia, and is also common in Croatia, with 6,35 ...

Ninković Ninković ( sr-Cyrl, Нинковић) is a surname found in Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia, a patronymic derived from given name ''Ninko''. It may refer to: * Djurdje S. Ninković (1888–1940) businessman and hotelier in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugosla ...

Pavlov Pavlov (or its variant Pavliv) may refer to: People *Pavlov (surname) (fem. ''Pavlova''), a common Bulgarian and Russian last name *Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist famous for his experiments in classical conditioning Places Czech Republic *Pavlo ...

Pantelić Pantelić (, ) is a Serbian surname, derived from the given name ''Pantelija'', a variant of Greek Pantelis. It may refer to: *Dragan Pantelić, former Yugoslavian international footballer *Miodrag Pantelić, former Serbian international football ...

, Petrić,

Petrović Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Петровић, ;) is a South Slavic language patronymic surname literally meaning ''Peter's son'', equivalent to the English last name of Peterson. In Eastern Slavic naming customs its counterpart is "Petrovich". The surn ...

, Pisarević, Poguberović,

Popović Popović ( sr-Cyrl, Поповић; ) or Popovich or Popovitch (russian: Попо́вич) is a common Serbian, Russian, Montenegrin, Bosnian, Romanian, Croatian, Ukrainian and Belarusian surname, and sometimes a patronymic meaning ''son of a pr ...

Prodanović Prodanović is a Serbian surname, derived from the name ''Prodan''. It may refer to: *Boško Prodanović (born 1943), Former Bosnian footballer * Jaša Prodanović, Former Serbian Minister for Serbia in Yugoslav government * Ilija Prodanović (bor ...

, Prokić,

Rakić Rakić is a Slavic surname from Serbia and Parts of Croatia, and may refer to: * Abby Rakic-Platt (born 1993), British actress * Aleksandar Rakić (footballer) (born 1987), Serbian footballer * Aleksandar Rakić (born 1992), Austrian mixed martial ...

Rukavina Rukavina is a South Slavic surname, derived from the Serbian and Croatian word ''rukav'', meaning "sleeve". It is the most common surname in the Lika-Senj County in Croatia. At least 63 individuals with the surname died at the Jasenovac concentra ...

Stanković Stanković ( sr-cyr, Станковић, ) is a common surname derived from the South Slavic masculine given name Stanko. Stanković is the eighth most frequent surname in Serbia, and is also common in Croatia, with 2,842 carriers (2011 census). ...

, Suvajdžić, Teodorović, Teofanović,

Vojnović Voinovich, Voynovich or Vojnović (russian: Войнович) may refer to: *Aljoša Vojnović, Croatian footballer *Dejan Vojnović, Croatian athlete *Đorđe Vojnović, politician from Dalmatia *Emil Vojnović (1851–1927), Austro-Hungarian Army ...

, Vrčinac, Vujković, Zaklanac, Zarić, Zoranović,

Vasilić Vasilić ( sr, Василић) is a Serbian and Croatian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Jovica Vasilić (born 1990), Serbian footballer *Velibor Vasilić (born 1980), Bosnia and Herzegovina footballer * Darijo Vasilić, Croatia ...

Vukajlović Vukajlović ( sr, Вукајловић) is a Serbian surname, derived from the Serbian male given name '' Vukajlo''. Notable people with the surname include: *Aleksandra Vukajlović (born 1997), Serbian handball player *Dušan Vukajlović (born 194 ...

, Stjepanović, Mršić, Vujinović, etc.

Gallery

Image:Centar ledinaca.JPG, Center of the village Image:Ledinci009.JPG, Ledinci Image:Poplava ledinci.JPG, Flood of the Danube river near Ledinci in 2006

References

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

External links

{{South Bačka District Suburbs of Novi Sad Populated places in Syrmia South Bačka District