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Bač (Serbian: Бач or Bač; Slovak: Báč; Croatian: Bač; Hungarian: Bács; German: Batsch) is a town and municipality in South Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 6,046, while Bač municipality has 16,101 inhabitants. The Bačka region was named after the town of Bač.
History
The archeological research showed that an ancient Roman settlement existed in this area. Bač was first mentioned in 535 AD, in a letter written by Eastern Roman emperor Justinian. In 873 AD, the town was mentioned as Avar fortress, inhabited by both, Avars and Slavs.
In the 11th century, the town was a seat of the Bač (Bacsensis) county of the Kingdom of Hungary. First known prefect of Bač County was recorded in 1074 and his name was Vid, which is a Slavic name by origin.
During the Ottoman rule (16th-17th century), Bač was a seat of a nahija of Bač and was populated by ethnic Serbs. Since the end of the 17th century, the town was under Habsburg rule and many Germans settled in Bač during this time.
Inhabited places
Bač municipality includes the town of Bač and the following villages:
Ethnic groups (2002 census)
The population of the Bač municipality:
- Serbs (46.69%)
- Slovaks (19.75%)
- Croats (8.53%)
- Hungarians (6.09%)
- Yugoslavs (4.94%)
- Romanians (3.5%)
- Roma (1.95%)
- Muslims (1.32%)
Settlements with Serb ethnic majority are: Bač, Bačko Novo Selo, and Bođani. The settlement with Slovak ethnic majority is Selenča. Ethnically mixed settlements with relative Serb majority are Vajska and Plavna.
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