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Bačka Topola (Serbian: Бачка Топола, Bačka Topola, Hungarian: Topolya, Croatian: Bačka Topola) is a town and municipality in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The municipality is composed of 23 local communities and has a population of 38,179, while the town of Bačka Topola has 16,154 inhabitants.

Name

The name of the town derived from the Serbian word topola (топола) ("poplar" in English). The first part of the name of the town was given to designate its location in the region of Bačka in the contrast to places with similar names, like Topola in Šumadija or Banatska Topola in Banat.

History

The town was mentioned first in 1462 under name Fibaych. This settlement was destroyed in the 16th century and new smaller settlement was later built at its location. Name Topola was first recorded in 1543, while according to the Ottoman defters from 1580, 1582, and 1590, it was mentioned as a village, whose population numbered between 21 and 23 houses. In this time, the inhabitants of the settlement were Serbs. In 1704, Topola was destroyed by kuruc rebels.

In 1731, Topola was mentioned as an uninhabited heath. In 1750, the new settlement was founded at this location and 200 Hungarian and Slovak families arrived here from Upper Hungary.

Inhabited places

Bačka Topola municipality includes the town of Bačka Topola and the following villages:

• Bagremovo
• Bajša
• Bački Sokolac
• Bogaraš
• Gornja Rogatica
• Gunaroš
• Zobnatica
• Kavilo
• Karađorđevo
• Krivaja
• Mali Beograd
• Mićunovo
• Novo Orahovo
• Njegoševo
• Obornjača
• Tomislavci (old name Orešković)
• Panonija
• Pačir
• Pobeda
• Svetićevo
• Srednji Salaš
• Stara Moravica

Historical population of the town

• 1961: 15,079
• 1971: 15,989
• 1981: 17,027
• 1991: 16,704

Demographics (2002 census)

Ethnic groups in the municipality

The population of the Bačka Topola municipality is composed of:

• Hungarians = 22,454 (58.94%)
• Serbs = 11,543 (29.94%)
• Yugoslavs = 831 (2.17%)
• Montenegrins = 547 (1.43%)
• Croats = 454 (1.18%)
• Others.

Settlements by ethnic majority

Local communities with a Hungarian majority are: Bačka Topola (Hungarian: Topolya), Bajša (Hungarian: Bajsa), Pačir (Hungarian: Pacsér), Stara Moravica (Hungarian: Bácskossuthfalva), Zobnatica (Hungarian: Andrásnépe), Bogaraš (Hungarian: Bogaras-Felváros), Obornjača (Hungarian: Nagyvölgy), Bagremovo (Hungarian: Brazília), Gunaroš (Hungarian: Gunaras), Novo Orahovo (Hungarian: Zentagunaras), and Kavilo (Hungarian: Rákóczifalu or Kavilló).

Local communities with a Serb majority are: Gornja Rogatica, Srednji Salaš, Panonija, Orešković, Bački Sokolac, Karađorđevo, Mićunovo, Njegoševo, Krivaja, Svetićevo, and Mali Beograd.

Pobeda (Hungarian: Győztes or Pobedabirtok) is an ethnically-mixed local community with a Hungarian relative majority. Krivaja, Mali Beograd, and Svetićevo have over 20% Hungarians, as well as other minorities, while Bačka Topola, Pačir, Zobnatica, and Pobeda have over 20% Serbs.

Ethnic groups in the town

The population of the Bačka Topola town is composed of:

• Hungarians = 9,582 (59.25%)
• Serbs = 4,699 (29.06%)
• Montenegrins = 426 (2.63%)
• Yugoslavs = 376 (2.33%)
• Croats = 170 (1.05%)
• Others.

Politics

Results of 2008 local elections in Bačka Topola municipality:

• Hungarian Coalition (46.25%)
• For a European municipality Bačka Topola (20.25%)
• Serbian Radical Party (15.62%)
• "List for Serbia" (8.33%)

Twin cities

• Belváros-Lipótváros, Hungary
• Kiskunmajsa, Hungary
• Szentes, Hungary
• Rožňava, Slovakia
• Gheorgheni, Romania

See also

• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

References

• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

External links

• Demokratska stranka, opštinski odbor Bačka Topola
• Official site
• Bačka Topola
• History of Bačka Topola Template:Hu icon

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