Sonta

Sonta (Cyrillic Сонта, Hungarian Szond ) is a village in the Opština Apatin in the district of West - Backa ( Bačka Zapadna ) of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in Serbia with an existing primarily of Sokac Croatian majority among the approximately 5000 inhabitants.

Place name

According to oral traditions of the inhabitants of the place name is derived from Sonda Vidaković, leader of the first Sokac from Herzegovina.

Culture

Patron Sontas is the Holy Laurentius.

History

Traces and documents human settlements are found for the first time in the 12th century. In the documents of King Béla III. , Which date from the years 1137 to 1196, it is mentioned that the village Sonta with the Surrounding Weiler Terra Zund part of the Mach Arias Comes. 1361 the place of the mother Ludwig I is purchased, it is small and large Sonta the speech.

Because of the periodic flooding attracted the inhabitants in 1806 continued in today's local area. In Ottoman writings already 36 Roman Catholic families are mentioned. Until 1836, the population grew to 2785 residents. In 1890 lived in Sonta already 4972 inhabitants, of whom 3070 Sokac, 1041 German, Hungary 838 and 23 Other. 1898 included the City 4972 inhabitants. In 1961 Sonta with 6821 inhabitants, its largest population and was at that time one of the largest Croatian community in the Backa.

In June 2006, the Municipality of Sonta the Apatin City Council acquired the special status of a recognized Croatian Croatian community with the official language. Since 1991, the population of the local church is declining. After 1991, the population structure changed for the first time in favor of the Serbs, since many ( especially young ) Hungarians and Croats fled for fear of recruitment into the Yugoslav army as a result of the war Croatia to Hungary or Croatia. In addition, also had Sonta how to later shoot the most settlements in Vojvodina, many Serbs from Croatia and Bosnia, also from Kosovo.

Population distribution

( According to the 2002 census

  • Croats: 2966 ( 59.4 %)
  • Serbs: 975 ( 19.5%)
  • Hungary: 267 (5.6%)
  • Roma: 138 (2.8%)

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Credentials

  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodina, Novi Sad, 1996
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