Bajmok

Бајмок Bajmok Bajmak
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Basic data
State :	Serbia
Province :	Vojvodina
Okrug :	Severna Backa
Opština :	Subotica
Coordinates :	45 ° 58 '  N , 19 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 58 '4 "  N , 19 ° 25' 24"  E
Height :	134  m. i. J.
Residents :	8,586 (2002)
Postal code :	24 210
License plate :	SU
Structure and administration (as of 2008)
Community type:	Village
Mayor :	Maglai those
Postal address :	Mesna Zajednica, Trg Maršala Tita 1 Bajmok
Website :	www.bajmok.co.yu

Bajmok ( Serbian - Cyrillic Бајмок , Croatian Bajmak , German  Nagelsdorf ) is a village in the Opština Subotica and in the Okrug Severna Bačka in the autonomous province of Vojvodina in Serbia .

geography

Bajmok is located in the south of the Pannonian Plain and nine kilometers from the Serbian - Hungarian border.

From the village it is 23 kilometers to Subotica , 19 kilometers to Bačka Topola , 33 kilometers to Sombor and 101 kilometers to the provincial capital Novi Sad .

Residents

According to the last census in 2002 (self-denominated), the ethnic composition of Bajmok was as follows:

• 2,900 (33.78%) Serbs
• 2,450 (28.54%) Magyars
• 1,266 (14.75%) bunjewatzen
• 700 (8.15%) Croatians
• 454 (5.29%) Yugoslavs
• 102 (1.19%) Montenegrins
• other

1900

In 1900 there were 7,588 inhabitants, including:

• Magyars: 3,599 (47.4%)
• Bunjewatzen 1,980 (26.1%)
• Germans : 1,980 (26.1%)
• Serbs: 21
• Slovaks : 8
• other

1931

The Catholic Church in Bajmok

In 1931 there were 11,326 inhabitants, including:

• Yugoslavs: 4,597 (40.6%)
• Magyars: 4,276 (37.8%)
• Germans: 2,347 (20.7%)
• Jews: 79
• Russians: 16
• other

More censuses

• 1791: over 1,000
• 1826: 3.715
• 1890: 7.151
• 1900: 7,588
• 1921: 8,733
• 1931: 11,326
• 1948: 11.188
• 1953: 10.829
• 1961: 11,714
• 1971: 10.861
• 1981: 9,586
• 1991: 8,620

After the Second World War , the majority of Germans had to leave Bajmok. Instead, Serbs settled.

Famous pepole

• Lajčo Budanović (1873–1958), writer and bishop
• Stipan Kopilović (1877–1924), painter
• Ana Bešlić (1912–2008), sculptor

Sports

• sportsko društvo Radnički

Web links

• Official website
• Bajmok - Geographical Overview
• Bajmok on the Subotica Municipality website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ (Croatian) Radio Subotica ( memento of the original from July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Tradicijski nazivi naselja vraćaju mještanima osjećaj sigurnosti, November 20, 2009