Sivac () 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. 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 (born 1947), political scientist Milorad Vučelić (born 1948), businessman, president of FK Partizan Milan Ivanović (born 1960), former Australian football player Dragoje Leković (born 1967), former Yugoslav football player Nikola Joksović (born 1994), Serbian mixed martial artist
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
External links
“A Home for Town Planning Kula-Odzaci” Kula Sivac.net