Bački Breg

Bački Breg Бачки Брег Bereg
Village
Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church.
Bački Breg
Coordinates:
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Population (2002)
• Total	1,388
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Sombor

Kljajićevo

Čonoplja

Svetozar Miletić

Telečka

Bački Monoštor

Bezdan

Kolut

Bački Breg

Gakovo

Kruševlje

Stanišić

Aleksa Šantić

Rastina

Riđica

Stapar

Doroslovo

Municipality
of Sombor
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Bački Breg (Serbian Cyrillic: Бачки Брег, Croatian: Bereg) is a village located in the Sombor municipality, in the West Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The village has a Croat (Šokac) ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,388 people (2002 census).

Bački Breg is in the very northwest of Serbia, on an important highway linking Serbia and Hungary together. The Hungarian town across the border is Hercegszántó.

Name

In Serbian the village is known as Bački Breg or Бачки Брег, in Croatian as Bereg (since 2009) or Bački Breg (before 2009), in Hungarian as Béreg, and in German as Bereg.

History

It was first mentioned in 1319. In 1620, the village was settled by Šokci who originating from Klis near Split. The first church in the village was founded in 1740. In the 18th century, Germans and Hungarians settled here as well.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

• Croats =738 (53.17%)
• Serbs = 344 (24.78%)
• Yugoslavs = 67 (4.83%)
• Hungarians = 34 (2.45%)
• Others = 24 (2.25%)

Historical population

• 1961: 2,045
• 1971: 2,006
• 1981: 1,770
• 1991: 1,585

See also

• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

References

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

External links

• www.soinfo.org