Bezdan
Village in Vojvodina, Serbia
Bezdan Бездан (Serbian) Bezdán (Hungarian) | |
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Village (Selo) | |
 Bezdan, Catholic Church | |
45°51′N 18°56′E / 45.850°N 18.933°E / 45.850; 18.933 | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Province |  Vojvodina |
| Region | Bačka (Podunavlje) |
| District | West Bačka |
| Municipality | Sombor |
| Area | |
| • Total | 79.90 km2 (30.85 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 98 m (322 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,623 |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
Svetozar Miletić
Telečka
Bezdan
Aleksa Šantić
Municipality
of Sombor
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of Sombor
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Bezdan (Serbian Cyrillic: Бездан; Hungarian: Bezdán, Croatian: Bezdan, German: Besdan) is a village located in Bačka, Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated in the Sombor municipality, West Bačka District. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbers at 5,263 people (2002 census).
History
It was first mentioned in 1305 under the name of Battyan, while in 1341 it was mentioned as Betsan. The village was destroyed during an Ottoman invasion in the 16th century. With the establishment of Habsburg rule, the village was settled by Hungarians, Poles, Czechs and Germans. The first church in the village was built in 1755, and the current one was constructed in 1846.
Demographics
Historical population
- 1961: 6,813
- 1971: 6,427
- 1981: 6,085
- 1991: 5,472
- 2002: 5,263
- 2011: 4,623
Ethnic groups
The ethnic groups in the village as of 2002 census:
- Hungarians = 2,983 (56.68%)
- Serbs = 1,256 (23.87%)
- Croats = 424 (8.06%)
- Yugoslavs = 141 (2.68%)
- others.
See also
References
- ^ "Насеља општине Сомбор" (PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
External links
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- Official website
- (in Hungarian) History of Bezdan
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Cities, towns and villages in the West Bačka District
- Aleksa Šantić
- Bački Breg
- Bački Monoštor
- Bezdan
- Gakovo
- Doroslovo
- Kljajićevo
- Kolut
- Rastina
- Riđica
- Svetozar Miletić
- Stanišić
- Stapar
- Telečka
- Čonoplja
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