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. It is situated in the

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. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbers at 5,263 people (2002 census).

History

It was first mentioned in 1305 under the name of ''Battyan'', while in 1341 it was mentioned as ''Betsan''. The village was destroyed during an Ottoman invasion in the 16th century. With the establishment of Habsburg rule, the village was settled by

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, Poles,

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and

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. The first church in the village was built in 1755, and the current one was constructed in 1846.

Demographics

Historical population

*1961: 6,813 *1971: 6,427 *1981: 6,085 *1991: 5,472 *2002: 5,263 *2011: 4,623

Ethnic groups

The ethnic groups in the village as of 2002 census: *

= 2,983 (56.68%) *

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their ...

= 1,256 (23.87%) *

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, ...

= 424 (8.06%) *

Yugoslavs Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( Bosnian and Croatian: ''Jugoslaveni'', Serbian and Macedonian ''Jugosloveni''/Југословени; sl, Jugoslovani) is an identity that was originally designed to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has be ...

= 141 (2.68%) *others.

References

* Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

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