Lokve, Alibunar Explained

Lokve
Native Name:
Pushpin Map:Serbia Vojvodina#Serbia#Europe
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Lokve within Serbia
Settlement Type:Village (Selo)
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Serbia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Vojvodina
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:South Banat
Subdivision Type3:Municipalities
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Darian Tapalaga
Established Title:The town has an interesting origin story, there was 3 men and a woman whom had sheep, they decided to set up at the ends of the town to protect the sheep. The town grew from there to now what it is today.
Area Total Km2:1.1925
Population As Of:2011
Total Type:Lokve
Population Total:2,002
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:45.1517°N 21.0253°W
Elevation M:76
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:26361
Area Code:+381(0)13
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:PA

Lokve (Serbian Cyrillic: Локве, Romanian: Locve, Sân-Mihai or Simiai) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Alibunar municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Romanian ethnic majority (90.85%) and a population of 2,002 people (2002 census). The town often seems rather empty since more than half of population of Lokve lives abroad - mainly in USA and Switzerland.[1]

Name and Name History

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.

Historical population and cemetery

The Town has two cemeteries, one on each side of the town, and is only used for each side. Every family gets reserved spots on the cemetery.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/57/Srbija+danas/957622/I+u+Banatu+mo%C5%BEe+lepo+da+se+%C5%BEivi.html RTS about village Lokve