Mol (Ada)

Mol Мол (Serbian) Mohol (Hungarian)
Town
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
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

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).

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

• Hungarians = 4,217 (62.14%)
• Serbs = 2,189 (32.26%)
• Roma = 153 (2.26%)
• others

Historical population

• 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

St. 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.

Notable citizens

• 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

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

References

• 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

• History of Mol (in Hungarian)