Bogojevo

Bogojevo Богојево (Serbian) Gombos (Hungarian)
Village (Selo)
Saint Ladislaus the King Catholic Church.
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Coordinates: 45°32′N 19°8′E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Region	Bačka (Podunavlje)
District	West Bačka
Municipality	Odžaci
Area
• Total	38.3 km2 (14.8 sq mi)
Elevation	86 m (282 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,744
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

The new Orthodox church.

Bogojevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Богојево; Hungarian: Gombos) is a village located in Odžaci municipality, West Bačka District, Serbia. The village has an ethnic Hungarian majority and its population numbering 1,744 people (as of 2011 census).

History

Baden culture graves and ceramics (bowls, anthropomorphic urns) were found in the town.

Gallery

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  Border Crossing
• 
  Swampland alongside Danube
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  Train Station

Population

• 1961: 3,037
• 1971: 2,874
• 1981: 2,557
• 1991: 2,301

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

• Hungarians = 1,154 (54.43%)
• Romani = 374 (17.64%)
• Serbs = 287 (13.54%)
• Romanians = 163 (7.69%)
• others.

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

• (in Hungarian) History of Bogojevo
• (in Hungarian) www.hhrf.org/gombos/
• (in Hungarian) www.gombos.doroszlo.net
• (in Hungarian) www.gombos.ini.hu