Backa Topola
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North Backa District
North Bačka District is a northern district of Serbia. It lies in the Bačka region in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 200,140...
of Vojvodina
Vojvodina
Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. The municipality is composed of 23 local communities and has a population of 38,179, while the town of Bačka Topola has 16,154 inhabitants.
Name
The name of the town derived from the SerbianSerbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
word topola (топола) ("poplar" in English). The first part of the name of the town was given to designate its location in the region of Bačka
Backa
Bačka is a geographical area within the Pannonian plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east of which confluence is located near Titel...
in the contrast to places with similar names, like Topola
Topola
Topola is a town and municipality situated in the Šumadija region of Serbia. It was the place where Karađorđe, a Serbian revolutionary, was chosen as the leader of the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1804. The local St...
in Šumadija
Šumadija
Šumadija is a geographical region in Serbia. The area is heavily covered with forests, hence the name...
or Banatska Topola
Banatska Topola
Banatska Topola is a village in the Kikinda municipality, in the North Banat District of the Republic of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a population of 1,066 of which 570 are ethnic Serbs and 434 are ethnic Hungarians. The location of the village...
in Banat
Banat
The Banat is a geographical and historical region in Central Europe currently divided between three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania , the western part in northeastern Serbia , and a small...
.
History
The town was mentioned first in 1462 under name Fibaych. This settlement was destroyed in the 16th century and new smaller settlement was later built at its location. Name Topola was first recorded in 1543, while according to the OttomanOttoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
defter
Defter
A Defter was a type of tax register in the Ottoman Empire. The information collected could vary, but tahrir defterleri typically included details of villages, dwellings, household heads , ethnicity/religion , and land use.The defter-i hakâni was a land registry, also used for tax...
s from 1580, 1582, and 1590, it was mentioned as a village, whose population numbered between 21 and 23 houses. In this time, the inhabitants of the settlement were Serbs
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
. In 1704, Topola was destroyed by kuruc
Kuruc
The kuruc was a term used to denote the armed anti-Habsburg rebels in Royal Hungary between 1671 and 1711....
rebels.
In 1731, Topola was mentioned as an uninhabited heath. In 1750, the new settlement was founded at this location and 200 Hungarian and Slovak
Slovaks
The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...
families arrived here from Upper Hungary
Upper Hungary
Upper Hungary is the usual English translation for the area that was historically the northern part of the Kingdom of Hungary, now mostly present-day Slovakia...
.
Inhabited places
Bačka Topola municipality includes the town of Bačka Topola and the following villages:- BagremovoBagremovoBagremovo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 204 people .-See also:*List of places in Serbia*List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina...
- BajšaBajšaBajša is a village located in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,568 people ....
- Bački SokolacBacki SokolacBački Sokolac is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 609 people .-References:...
- BogarašBogarašBogaraš can refer to:* Bogaraš , a village in Senta municipality, Serbia.* Bogaraš , a village in Bačka Topola municipality, Serbia....
- Gornja RogaticaGornja RogaticaGornja Rogatica is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 477 people .-See also:...
- GunarošGunarošGunaroš is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,441 people .-External links:*...
- ZobnaticaZobnaticaZobnatica is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 309 people .-See also:...
- KaviloKaviloKavilo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority. Its population was 233 people in the 2002 census.-See also:*List of places in Serbia*List of cities, towns and villages in...
- Karađorđevo
- KrivajaKrivaja, Backa TopolaKrivaja is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province...
- Mali BeogradMali BeogradMali Beograd can refer to:* Mali Beograd, Bačka Topola, a village in the Bačka Topola municipality, Serbia.* Mali Beograd, Novi Sad, an urban neighbourhood of Novi Sad, Serbia....
- MićunovoMicunovoMićunovo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 516 people .-See also:...
- Novo OrahovoNovo OrahovoNovo Orahovo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,029 people ....
- NjegoševoNjegoševoNjegoševo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 632 people .-See also:...
- ObornjačaObornjacaObornjača may refer to:* Obornjača , a village in the Ada municipality, Serbia* Obornjača , a village in the Bačka Topola municipality, Serbia...
- TomislavciTomislavciTomislavci , formerly known as Orešković , is a village located in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 696 people .-External links:*...
(old name Orešković) - PanonijaPanonijaPanonija is a village located in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and at the 2002 census its population was 794....
- PačirPacirPačir is a village located in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
- PobedaPobeda (Backa Topola)Pobeda is a village located in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
- SvetićevoSveticevoSvetićevo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province...
- Srednji SalašSrednji SalašSrednji Salaš is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 172 people .-See also:...
- Stara MoravicaStara MoravicaStara Moravica is a village located in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
Demographics (2002 census)
Ethnic groups in the municipality
The population of the Bačka Topola municipality is composed of:- Hungarians = 22,454 (58.94%)
- SerbsSerbsThe Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
= 11,543 (29.94%) - YugoslavsYugoslavsYugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
= 831 (2.17%) - Montenegrins = 547 (1.43%)
- CroatsCroatsCroats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
= 454 (1.18%) - Others.
Settlements by ethnic majority
Local communities with a Hungarian majority are: Bačka Topola (Hungarian: Topolya), BajšaBajša
Bajša is a village located in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,568 people ....
(Hungarian: Bajsa), Pačir
Pacir
Pačir is a village located in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
(Hungarian: Pacsér), Stara Moravica
Stara Moravica
Stara Moravica is a village located in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
(Hungarian: Bácskossuthfalva), Zobnatica
Zobnatica
Zobnatica is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 309 people .-See also:...
(Hungarian: Andrásnépe), Bogaraš
Bogaraš
Bogaraš can refer to:* Bogaraš , a village in Senta municipality, Serbia.* Bogaraš , a village in Bačka Topola municipality, Serbia....
(Hungarian: Bogaras-Felváros), Obornjača
Obornjaca
Obornjača may refer to:* Obornjača , a village in the Ada municipality, Serbia* Obornjača , a village in the Bačka Topola municipality, Serbia...
(Hungarian: Nagyvölgy), Bagremovo
Bagremovo
Bagremovo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 204 people .-See also:*List of places in Serbia*List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina...
(Hungarian: Brazília), Gunaroš
Gunaroš
Gunaroš is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,441 people .-External links:*...
(Hungarian: Gunaras), Novo Orahovo
Novo Orahovo
Novo Orahovo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,029 people ....
(Hungarian: Zentagunaras), and Kavilo
Kavilo
Kavilo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority. Its population was 233 people in the 2002 census.-See also:*List of places in Serbia*List of cities, towns and villages in...
(Hungarian: Rákóczifalu or Kavilló).
Local communities with a Serb
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
majority are: Gornja Rogatica
Gornja Rogatica
Gornja Rogatica is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 477 people .-See also:...
, Srednji Salaš
Srednji Salaš
Srednji Salaš is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 172 people .-See also:...
, Panonija
Panonija
Panonija is a village located in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and at the 2002 census its population was 794....
, Orešković, Bački Sokolac
Backi Sokolac
Bački Sokolac is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 609 people .-References:...
, Karađorđevo, Mićunovo
Micunovo
Mićunovo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 516 people .-See also:...
, Njegoševo
Njegoševo
Njegoševo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 632 people .-See also:...
, Krivaja
Krivaja, Backa Topola
Krivaja is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province...
, Svetićevo
Sveticevo
Svetićevo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province...
, and Mali Beograd
Mali Beograd
Mali Beograd can refer to:* Mali Beograd, Bačka Topola, a village in the Bačka Topola municipality, Serbia.* Mali Beograd, Novi Sad, an urban neighbourhood of Novi Sad, Serbia....
.
Pobeda
Pobeda (Backa Topola)
Pobeda is a village located in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
(Hungarian: Győztes or Pobedabirtok) is an ethnically-mixed local community with a Hungarian relative majority. Krivaja
Krivaja, Backa Topola
Krivaja is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province...
, Mali Beograd, and Svetićevo
Sveticevo
Svetićevo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province...
have over 20% Hungarians, as well as other minorities, while Bačka Topola, Pačir
Pacir
Pačir is a village located in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
, Zobnatica
Zobnatica
Zobnatica is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 309 people .-See also:...
, and Pobeda
Pobeda (Backa Topola)
Pobeda is a village located in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
have over 20% Serbs.
Ethnic groups in the town
The population of the Bačka Topola town is composed of:- Hungarians = 9,582 (59.25%)
- SerbsSerbsThe Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
= 4,699 (29.06%) - Montenegrins = 426 (2.63%)
- YugoslavsYugoslavsYugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
= 376 (2.33%) - CroatsCroatsCroats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
= 170 (1.05%) - Others.
Politics
Results of 2008 local elections in Bačka Topola municipality: http://www.cesid.org/rezultati/sr_maj_2008-lokalni/index.jsp- Hungarian CoalitionHungarian CoalitionThe Hungarian Coalition ; Serbian: Мађарска Коалиција , Mađarska Koalicija ) is a political coalition composed of 3 ethnic Hungarian political parties in Serbia: the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, the Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians, and the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians...
(46.25%) - For a European municipality Bačka TopolaFor a European SerbiaFor a European Serbia – Boris Tadić is an electoral coalition that won the Serbian parliamentary election, 2008, Vojvodina parliamentary election, 2008 and Serbian local elections, 2008...
(20.25%) - Serbian Radical PartySerbian Radical PartyThe Serbian Radical Party is a far-right Serbian nationalist political party in Serbia, founded in 1991. Currently the second-largest party in the Serbian National Assembly, it has branches in three of the nations that currently border Serbia – all former federal republics of Yugoslavia...
(15.62%) - "List for Serbia" (8.33%)
Famous people
- Andrija Kaluđerović football player
- Félix LajkóFélix LajkóFélix Lajkó is a Hungarian violinist, zither player and composer. He plays a variation of musical styles: traditional string music of the Pannonian plain, Romani music, folk music, classical music, rock, blues, jazz and improvised melodies...
violinist, zither player, composer, movie actor - Nikola ŽigićNikola ŽigicNikola Žigić is a Serbian footballer who plays for English club Birmingham City as a centre forward.At , Žigić is among the tallest professional players in the world...
football player - Branko BoškovićBranko BoškovicBranko Bošković , is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for D.C. United in Major League Soccer, and for the national team.-Club:...
football player - Dušan TadićDušan TadicDušan Tadić is a Serbian footballer who plays for Eredivisie club FC Groningen.-Career in Serbia:...
football player
Twin towns — Sister cities
Bačka Topola is twinnedTown twinning
Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...
with: Belváros-Lipótváros
Lipótváros
Lipótváros is a traditional neighbourhood in the city centre of Budapest, Hungary. It comprises the northern part of District V , north of the Belváros. Lipótváros was established in the early 19th century, and became the political centre of Hungary in the early 20th century when the Hungarian...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
Kiskunmajsa
Kiskunmajsa
- Twin cities :* Bačka Topola * Gheorgheni * Lommatzsch * Bad–Schönborn * Lubliniec...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
Szentes
Szentes
-External links:* * http://www.szentes.hu/index1-eng.htm*...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
Rožňava
Rožnava
Rožňava is a town in Slovakia, approximately 71 km by road from Košice in the Košice Region, and has a population of 19,120.The town is an economic and tourist center of the Gemer. Rožňava is now a popular tourist attraction with a beautiful historic town centre. The town is an episcopal seat...
, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
Gheorgheni
Gheorgheni
Gheorgheni is a city in Harghita County, Romania.It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The city administers four villages:*Covacipeter / Kovácspéter*Lacu Roşu / Gyilkostó*Vargatac / Vargatag*Visafolio / Visszafolyó...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...