Svilojevo

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Svilojevo
Municipality
of Apatin

Saint Stephen the King Catholic Church.
Saint Stephen the King Catholic Church.

Svilojevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Свилојево, Hungarian: Szilagyi) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Apatin municipality, in the West Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The population of the village numbering 1,364 people (2002 census), most of whom are ethnic Hungarians.

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[edit] History

In the year 2001, the village celebrated one hundred years from its establishment, and in 2006, recently renovated, the church became a hundred years old.

[edit] Ethnic groups (2002 census)

[edit] Historical population

  • 1961: 1,785
  • 1971: 1,667
  • 1981: 1,490
  • 1991: 1,278
  • 2002: 1,364

[edit] References

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

[edit] See also

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Coordinates: 45°39′N, 19°04′E