Mol (Serbian Cyrillic: Мол, Hungarian: Mohol) is a town located in the Ada municipality, in the North Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The town has a Hungarian ethnic majority (62.14%) and it has a population of 6,009 (2011 census).[1]
Mol
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 The Roman Catholic Church in Mol | |
  Mol Location of Mol within Serbia  Mol Mol (Serbia)  Mol Mol (Europe) | |
| Coordinates: 45°45′31″N 20°07′31″E / 45.75861°N 20.12528°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Province |  Vojvodina |
| District | North Banat |
| Municipalities |  Ada |
| Elevation | 69 m (226 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Mol | 6,009 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 24435 |
| Area code | +381(0)24 |
| Vehicle registration | SA |
Ethnic groups (2002 census)
edit- Hungarians = 4,217 (62.14%)
- Serbs = 2,189 (32.26%)
- Roma = 153 (2.26%)
- others
Historical population
edit- 1948: 8,275
- 1953: 8,121
- 1961: 8,097
- 1971: 8,128
- 1981: 7,950
- 1991: 7,522
- 2002: 6,786
- 2011: 6,009
Sites
editSt. Sava Orthodox Church in Mol, built in early 19th century, is protected as a cultural monument of great importance. It contains works of Arsenije Teodorović, Nikola Aleksić and Mol's native Novak Radonić.[2]
Notable citizens
edit- Norbert Könyves (1989– ), born in Senta, professional footballer who plays for Hungarian club Zalaegerszegi TE
- László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946), Hungarian architect, painter and photographer, notable professor of the Bauhaus school
- Jovan Radonić (1873–1956), historian, member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Novak Radonić (1826–1890), painter and writer
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia" (PDF). 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- ^ "Споменици културе у Србији". spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
- Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
External links
edit- History of Mol (in Hungarian)