Lokve
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Lokve
Lokve (Serbian
Cyrillic: Локве, Romanian
: Locve or Sân-Mihai or Simiai, Hungarian: Végszentmihály or Lokve) is a village
in Serbia
. It is situated in the Alibunar
municipality
, in the South Banat District
, Vojvodina
province. The village has a Romanian ethnic majority and a population numbering 2,002 people (2002 census).More than half of population of Lokve lives abroad, mainly in USA and Switzerland.
Lokve (Serbian
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
Cyrillic: Локве, Romanian
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
: Locve or Sân-Mihai or Simiai, Hungarian: Végszentmihály or Lokve) is a village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. It is situated in the Alibunar
Alibunar
Alibunar is a town and municipality in South Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. Alibunar town has a population of 3,402, and Alibunar municipality 22,856.-Name:...
municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
, in the South Banat District
South Banat District
South Banat District is a northeastern district of Serbia with the seat of the district in Pančevo. It borders Romania to the east. The district lies in the region of Banat, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina...
, Vojvodina
Vojvodina
Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
province. The village has a Romanian ethnic majority and a population numbering 2,002 people (2002 census).More than half of population of Lokve lives abroad, mainly in USA and Switzerland.
Historical population
- 1948: 4.184
- 1953: 4.246
- 1961: 4.243
- 1971: 3.826
- 1981: 3.511
- 1991: 2.450
- 2002: 2.002