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.
History It was first mentioned in the 12th century under name Zund. In Ottoman records, Sonta was mentioned as a settlement with 36 families, while in 1898, its population numbered 4,972 inhabitants and 650 houses. During the 1920s, the village was moved 3 km to the north from its original location because of the large floods of the river Danube.
On the session of the Municipality of Apatin in June 2006, Croatian language gain the status of the official language in Sonta. Until then, Serbian language was the sole official language in this village, Zvonik br. 141 Hrvatski u službenoj uporabi u Sonti, July 2006 although Croats comprised majority in the village since the country of Serbia and Montenegro was established.
Demographics Historical population 1961: 6,821 1971: 6,508 1981: 6,313 1991: 5,990 2002: 4,992 2011: 4,238 2022: 3,194
Ethnic groups According to data from the 2022 census, ethnic groups in the village include:http://pop-stat.mashke.org/serbia-ethnic-loc2022.htm 1,508 (47.2%) Croats 654 (20.4%) Serbs 158 (4.9%) Roma 131 (4.1%) Hungarians 126 (3.9%) Romanians Others/Undeclared/Unknown
Features Zygaena brizae, very rare in Serbia, has been recorded in Sonta.
Culture Grožđe bal, Annual grape festival
See also List of places in Serbia List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
References
Bibliography Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
External links
History of Sonta Castle Waindl Mor, Sonta