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Sonta

Сонта (Serbian)
Sonta Сонта (Serbian)
Village (Selo)
	Saint Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Church
	Sonta Sonta Sonta
	Coordinates: 45°36′N 19°06′E / 45.600°N 19.100°E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Region	Bačka (Podunavlje)
District	West Bačka
Municipality	Apatin
Area
• Total	125.76 km2 (48.56 sq mi)
Elevation	86 m (282 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	4,238
• Density	34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Sonta (Serbian Cyrillic: Сонта) is a village located in the municipality of Apatin, West Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a Croat ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,238 people (2011 census).

Kupusina

Apatin

Prigrevica

Svilojevo

Sonta Municipality of Apatin

Name edit

According to some sources, inhabitants of Sonta originating from Herzegovina and they came to this village under the leadership of Sonda Vidaković, thus the name of Sonta derived from the name of this person. In Serbian Cyrillic the village is known as Сонта, in Croatian as Sonta, in Hungarian as Szond, and in German as Waldau.

History edit

It was first mentioned in the 12th century under name Zund. In Ottoman records, Sonta was mentioned as a settlement with 36 families, while in 1898, its population numbered 4,972 inhabitants and 650 houses. During the 1920s, the village was moved 3 km to the north from its original location because of the large floods of the river Danube.

On the session of the Municipality of Apatin in June 2006, Croatian language gain the status of the official language in Sonta. Until then, Serbian language was the sole official language in this village,^[2] although Croats comprised majority in the village since the country of Serbia and Montenegro was established.

Culture edit

Grožđe bal, Annual grape festival

Demographics edit

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

Croats = 2,966 (59.42%)
Serbs = 975 (19.53%)
Hungarians = 267 (5.35%)
Romanians = 211 (4.23%)
Romani = 138 (2.76%)
others.

Historical population

1961: 6,821
1971: 6,508
1981: 6,313
1991: 5,990
2002: 4,992
2011: 4,238

References edit

^ "Насеља општине Апатин" (pdf). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
^ (in Croatian) Zvonik br. 141 Hrvatski u službenoj uporabi u Sonti, July 2006

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

External links edit

History of Sonta
Castle Waindl Mor, Sonta

[area-apatin-1] "Насеља општине Апатин" (pdf). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 24 October 2019.

[2] (in Croatian) Zvonik br. 141 Hrvatski u službenoj uporabi u Sonti, July 2006

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