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Bezdan

Бездан (Serbian)
*Bezdán* (Hungarian)
Bezdan Бездан (Serbian); Bezdán (Hungarian)
Village (Selo)
	Bezdan, Catholic Church
	Sombor Kljajićevo Čonoplja Svetozar Miletić Telečka Bački Monoštor Bezdan Kolut Bački Breg Gakovo Kruševlje Stanišić Aleksa Šantić Rastina Riđica Stapar Doroslovo Municipality; of Sombor; ●
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	Coordinates: 45°51′N 18°56′E / 45.850°N 18.933°E
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.bezdan.info

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.

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.