Sonta
Sign in to savethumb|Orthodox church in the village Sonta () is a village located in the municipality of Apatin, West Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 3,194 people (2022 census).
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Sonta
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village (Selo)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sonta,_Catholic_Church.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Saint Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Church
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Serbia Vojvodina#Serbia#Europe
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- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bačka (Podunavlje)
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- West Bačka
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Serbia
- Located in
- Apatin Municipality
- Elevation
- +86
- Image
- Sonta, Catholic Church.jpg
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- Name
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- Demographics
- Historical population
- Ethnic groups
- Features
- Culture
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thumb|Orthodox church in the village Sonta () is a village located in the municipality of Apatin, West Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 3,194 people (2022 census).
==Name== According to some sources, inhabitants of Sonta originating from Herzegovina and they came to this village under the leadership of Sonda Vidaković, thus the name of Sonta derived from the name of this person. In Serbian Cyrillic the village is known as Сонта, in Croatian as Sonta, in Hungarian as Szond, and in German as Waldau.