Bajmok ( sr-Cyrl, Бајмок; , ) is a village located in the municipality of

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, in the

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, Serbia. The village is ethnically mixed and its population numbered 7,414 inhabitants as of 2011 census.

Name

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the village is known as Бајмок, in Serbian Latin as ''Bajmok'', in Hungarian as ''Bajmok'', in Bunjevac as ''Bajmok'' or ''Bajmak'', in Croatian as ''Bajmak'' (since 2009) or ''Bajmok'' (before 2009), and in

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as ''Nagelsdorf''.

History

The first written documents relating to Bajmok came from the fifteenth century. Then the village was for the first time officially mentioned as a village. King Matthias gave it to his mother, Erzsébet Szilágyi. The deed of donation was confirmed on 16 February 1462. During Ottoman administration (16th-17th century), two villages with this name were mentioned: Bajmok and Novi Bajmok. Both villages had about 20 houses. Population was composed of ethnic

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. These villages existed until the beginning of the 18th century when they were abandoned. The village was rebuilt between 1770 and 1785. In this time, settlers were mainly

Bunjevci Bunjevci ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Bunjevci, Буњевци, ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Bunjevac, Буњевац, sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Bunjevka, Буњевка) are a South Slavs, South Slavic sub-ethnic ...

and

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. At the time of the Hungarian revolution, in the fields of this village there was a conflict between the Hungarian and the Vojvodinian Serb army, won by the Hungarians. In 1910, population of the village was mainly composed of

and

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, with some

living there as well. After

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, new Serb settlers came to the village. During the

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, this village was under the Hungarian occupation. Many of the citizens were exiled from their homes (including the Hungarian population) to make room for Csango newcomers. Bajmok was liberated from the

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on 19 October 1944.Antal Mojzeš, ''Radnički pokret u Bajmoku'', Subotica : NIO Subotičke novine, 1984; page 84 After World War II, 2,090 (mostly Serb) colonists settled in Bajmok, which enlarged village population to 11,789. Until 1991, the largest ethnic group in the village were

. By the 2002 census,

were listed as the single largest ethnic group in Bajmok.

Demographics

According to the last official census done in 2011, the village of Bajmok has 7,414 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

The ethnic composition of the village according to the 2002 census: * 2,900 (33.78%)

* 2,450 (28.54%)

* 1,266 (14.75%)

* 700 (8.15%)

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

* 454 (5.29%)

Yugoslavs Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Jugoslaveni/Jugosloveni, Југославени/Југословени; ; ) is an identity that was originally conceived to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has been used in two connotations: ...

* 102 (1.19%)

Montenegrins Montenegrins (, or ) are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common ancestry, culture, history, and language, identified with the country of Montenegro. Montenegrins are mostly Orthodox Christians; however, the population also includes ...

* 653 (8.3%) others

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