Svetozar Miletić ( sr-Cyrl, Светозар Милетић, , , ) is a village located in

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municipality in the

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. It is situated in

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geographical region. The village is ethnically mixed between

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and

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and its population numbering 2,746 inhabitants.

Name

The village was named after

Svetozar Miletić Svetozar Miletić ( sr-cyr, Светозар Милетић; 22 February 1826 – 4 February 1901) was a Serbian lawyer, journalist, author and politician who served as the mayor of Novi Sad between 1861 and 1862 and again from 1867 to 1868. ...

, a political leader of

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from second half of 19th century. In

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, the village is known as ''Svetozar Miletić'' (Светозар Милетић), in Croatian as ''Lemeš'' (since 2009) or ''Svetozar Miletić'' (before 2009), in Bunjevac as ''Svetozar Miletić'' or ''Lemeš'', in

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as ''Milititsch'', and in Hungarian as ''Nemesmillitics''. Before 1925, in

, Croatian and Bunjevac the name ''Lemeš'' (Лемеш) was used for the village. The origin of the village name in Hungarian comes from the Hungarian word (''a

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''), while for the word it is believed that it comes from

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(''a

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''). Local

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people have shortened and transformed the name ''Nemesmilitics'' into ''Lemeš''. During the administration of the

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the village name was changed into ''

'' (in 1925).

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: *

= 1,455 (45.91%) *

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= 581 (18.33%) (*) *

= 549 (17.32%) (*) *

= 217 (6.85%) (*) *

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= 149 (4.70%) (*) *others. (*) Total number of

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(Croats, Serbs, Bunjevci, Yugoslavs) that live in the village is 1,496 (47.21%).

Famous persons

* (1883-1944), journalist, writer, author of books for children, novelist * Gaja Alaga (1924–1988), theoretical physicist * Stevan Horvat (1932–2018), Greco-Roman style wrestler, Olympics silver medalist in 1968 * Đuro Kanjurski (1853–1920), professor of Aramaic and Arabic at Royal University in Budapest * Grgo Knezi (1892–1944), priest, biologist * Petar Knezi (1859–1929), priest and writer * Tereza Kočiš (1932), gymnast that participated on several Olympics * Mirko Vidaković (1924–2002), botanist *dr Pajo Vidaković (1879–1942), priest, ethnologist, author of textbooks, writer

References

*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996. *Antonija Čota: "''Lemeš - u osimu plemenitog ravničarskog drača''"

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