Martinci
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Martinci
Мартинци (Serbian) | |
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![]() Serbian Orthodox church | |
Coordinates: 45°01′N 19°28′E / 45.017°N 19.467°E | |
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Province | ![]() |
Region | Syrmia |
District | Srem |
Municipality | Sremska Mitrovica |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 3,639 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Martinci (Serbian Cyrillic: Мартинци) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,639 people (2002 census).
Name
[edit]In Serbian, the village is known as Martinci (Мартинци), and in Hungarian as Szávaszentmárton. It was named after Saint Martin. The name of the village in Serbian is plural.
History
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It is one of the oldest places in Vojvodina. During Roman rule, the village was known as Budalia and was a place of birth of Roman emperor Traianus Decius (249-251).
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[edit]Historical population
[edit]- 1961: 4,396
- 1971: 4,003
- 1981: 3,975
- 1991: 3,663
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
External links
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