Bezdan
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Бездан Bezdan |
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| State : | Serbia | ||||
| Province : | Vojvodina | ||||
| Okrug : | Zapadna Bačka (western Batschka) | ||||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 51 ' N , 18 ° 56' E | ||||
| Height : | 78 m. i. J. | ||||
| Residents : | 5,263 (2002) | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+381) 025/810 ..., 811 ... | ||||
| Postal code : | 25270 | ||||
| License plate : | SO | ||||
| Structure and administration (as of July 4, 2010) | |||||
| Mayor : | Janoš Horvat | ||||
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| City Festival : | annually in early August | ||||
Bezdan ( Serbian - Cyrillic Бездан , Hungarian Bezdán , German Besdan ) is a settlement in Serbia with 5,263 inhabitants (2002 census). Administratively, the place belongs to the municipality of Sombor in the northern Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina . Bezdan is one of the older settlements in Vojvodina. It was first mentioned in 1305 as Battyan .
geography
Bezdan is six kilometers from the Croatian and ten from the Hungarian border and 18 km from Sombor. It is located on the left bank of the Danube, in the lowlands, at an altitude of 90 m. The place is often referred to as a "water settlement" because it is surrounded by many watercourses, especially the Great Batschka Canal and its side canals.
The wooded areas (more than 10%), which are not characteristic of the settlements in Vojvodina, are particularly striking.
Population development
- 1961: 6,813
- 1971: 6.427
- 1981: 6,085
- 1991: 5,472
- 2002: 5,263
According to the 2002 census, 56.68% of the population were Hungarians , 23.86% Serbs and 8.05% Croatians .