- Bački Monoštor
Bački Monoštor ( _sr. Бачки Моноштор or "Bački Monoštor"; Croatian : "Monoštor"; _hu. Monostorszeg) is a village located in the
Sombor municipality, in theWest Bačka District ofSerbia . It is situated in the autonomous province ofVojvodina . The village has a Croat majority (that belong to the Croat subgroup of Šokac). Population of Bački Monoštor is numbering 3,920 people (2002 census).History
The first inhabitants of this village were
Hungarians and after CatholicCroats . TheCroats seek refuge here, leaving homelands fromSlavonia and Bosnia following the Ottoman invasion. Area where they settled was located near old town and fortress named "Bodrog" which existed in this area during the administration of theKingdom of Hungary . In 1717, the inhabitants of the village used the bricks from the remains of the "Bodrog" fortress to build a Catholic church. The newer settlers have mostly settled on another location, 1 kilometer away from the original village because this area was less endangered by floods, thus, in 1752, the church and entire old village were moved to this new location as well.Ethnic groups (2002 census)
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Croats = 2,043 (52.12%)
*Yugoslavs = 570 (14.54%)
*Serbs = 371 (9.46%)
*Hungarians = 211 (5.38%)
*Romanians = 179 (4.57%)
*Roma = 100 (2.55%)
*others.Historical population
*1961: 4,560
*1971: 4,590
*1981: 4,432
*1991: 4,205
*2002: 3,920References
*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
ee also
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List of places in Serbia
*List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina External links
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/2/Backi_Monostor.html Bački Monoštor]
* [http://www.soinfo.org/so_sela.php?selo=backi_monostor www.soinfo.org]
* [http://www.backimonostor.com www.backimonostor.com]
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