Lokve, Alibunar

Lokve (Serbian Cyrillic: Локве, Romanian: Locve, Sân-Mihai or Simiai) is a village located in the Alibunar municipality, South Banat District, Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 1,508 people (2022 census).

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Lokve (Локве), in Romanian as Sân-Mihai or Simiai, and in Hungarian as Végszentmihály. The town name was changed from Saint Micheal when the town was invaded by the Nazi military forces during World War II.

Demographics

Historical population

• 1961: 4,243
• 1971: 3,826
• 1981: 3,511
• 1991: 2,450
• 2002: 2,002
• 2022: 1,508

Ethnic groups

According to data from the 2022 census, ethnic groups in the village include:

• 1,206 (80%) Romanians
• 179 (11.9%) Roma
• 40 (2.6%) Serbs
• Others/Undeclared/Unknown

Notable people

• Lazăr Sfera (1909–1992), football player

See also

• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

Sources

• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
• Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku, Popis stanovniÅ¡tva, domaćinstava i stanova u 2002, StanovniÅ¡tvo 1, Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost - podaci po naseljima, Beograd, Februar 2003.
• Na temeljima gde je prvobitno bilo smeÅ¡teno naselje pronađeni su praistorijski predmeti i jedan srebrni denar iz doba kralja Domicijana (51 - 96. pre n.e.). U ataru susednog sela JanoÅ¡ik pronađeni su temelji kuće iz doba Rimljana i kraljevski novac. Prilikom iskopa temelja Crkve u Alibunaru pronađen je novac sa amblemom Rima i natpisom Vibius, Tribarianus, Gallus.

References

Notes

External links

• Official Website of Lokve