Martinci Мартинци (Serbian)
Village (Selo)
Serbian Orthodox church
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Coordinates: 45°01′N 19°28′E / 45.017°N 19.467°E / 45.017; 19.467
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Region	Syrmia
District	Srem
Municipality	Sremska Mitrovica
Population  (2002)
• Total	3,639
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Martinci (Serbian Cyrillic: Мартинци) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,639 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Martinci (Мартинци), and in Hungarian as Szávaszentmárton. It was named after Saint Martin. The name of the village in Serbian is plural.

History

It is one of the oldest places in Vojvodina. During Roman rule, the village was known as Budalia and was a place of birth of Roman emperor Traianus Decius (249-251).

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Historical population

• 1961: 4,396
• 1971: 4,003
• 1981: 3,975
• 1991: 3,663