Lokve (Serbian Cyrillic: Локве, Romanian: Locve, Sân-Mihai or Simiai) is a village located in the Alibunar municipality, South Banat District, Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 1,508 people (2022 census).
Name 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 Michael when the town was invaded by the Nazi military forces during World War II.
Demographics Historical population 1961: 4,243 1971: 3,826 1981: 3,511 1991: 2,450 2002: 2,002 2022: 1,508
Ethnic groups According to data from the 2022 census, ethnic groups in the village include: 1,206 (80%) Romanians 179 (11.9%) Roma 40 (2.6%) Serbs Others/Undeclared/Unknown
Notable people Lazăr Sfera (1909–1992), football player
See also List of places in Serbia List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
Sources Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku, Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u 2002, Stanovništvo 1, Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost - podaci po naseljima, Beograd, Februar 2003. Na temeljima gde je prvobitno bilo smešteno naselje pronađeni su praistorijski predmeti i jedan srebrni denar iz doba kralja Domicijana (51 - 96. pre n.e.). U ataru susednog sela Janošik pronađeni su temelji kuće iz doba Rimljana i kraljevski novac. Prilikom iskopa temelja Crkve u Alibunaru pronađen je novac sa amblemom Rima i natpisom Vibius, Tribarianus, Gallus.
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External links
Official Website of Lokve