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]
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.
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.