Mol (Ada)

Mol (, ) 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 stanovniÅ¡tva, domaćinstava i stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003.
• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

External links

• History of Mol