Sivac

Sivac Сивац (Serbian)
Village (Selo)
The Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas
45°42′N 19°23′E / 45.700°N 19.383°E / 45.700; 19.383
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Region	Bačka
District	West Bačka
Municipality	Kula
Area [1]
• Total	153.15 km2 (59.13 sq mi)
Elevation	103 m (338 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	6,950
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Sivac (Serbian Cyrillic: Сивац) is a village located in the municipality of Kula, Serbia. The village has a Serb ethnic majority with a sizable Montenegrin minority, with its population numbering 6,950 inhabitants (as of 2022 census).

History

The existence of Sivac is first mentioned in a list of settlements in Bačka from 1692. The village is divided into two connected settlements, Stari Sivac, which was historically populated by Serbs and Novi Sivac, which was historically populated by Swabians. Following World War II, Sivac was one of many villages in Vojvodina that were involved in the 'colonization' process in which refugees from across Yugoslavia were settled.^[2] Sivac was one of the few villages in Serbia in which the majority of post-war settlers were from Montenegro.

Demographics

Historical population

• 1961: 11,448
• 1971: 10,469
• 1981: 9,979
• 1991: 9,514
• 2002: 8,992
• 2011: 7,895
• 2022: 6,950

Ethnic groups

The ethnic groups as of 2002 census:

• Serbs = 5,179 (57.59%)
• Montenegrins = 2,703 (30.06%)
• Hungarians = 425 (4.73%)
• Croats = 162 (1.80%)
• Yugoslavs = 54 (0.60%)

Notable people

• Čedomir Čupić, political scientist
• Milorad Vučelić, businessman, president of FK Partizan
• Milan Ivanović, former Australian football player
• Dragoje Leković, former Yugoslav football player

See also

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

References

• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

Gallery

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  The Name of Mary Catholic Church.
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  The Calvinist church.

External links

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