Mol ( sr-cyr, Мол, ) is a town located in the Ada municipality, in the

North Banat District The North Banat District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It lies in the geographical regions of Banat and Bačka. According to the 2022 census, the North Banat District has a population of 117,896 inhabitants. The administra ...

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. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of

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. The town has a Hungarian ethnic majority (62.14%) and it has a population of 6,009 (2011 census).

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

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= 4,217 (62.14%) *

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= 2,189 (32.26%) *

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= 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 Arsenije Teodorović (, Perlez, Habsburg monarchy, 1767 – Novi Sad, Habsburg Monarchy, 13 February 1826) was a Serbian painter from the Banat region of Vojvodina who is widely considered one of Serbia's foremost portraitists. His best known wo ...

, Nikola Aleksić and Mol's native

Novak Radonić Novak Radonić ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Радонић; Mol, 31 March 1826 – Sremska Kamenica, 11 July 1890) was a Serbian painter from the Austrian Empire and later Austria-Hungary. Life and work He was the pupil of Petar Pilić and Nikola Al ...

Notable citizens

Norbert Könyves Norbert Könyves ( sr-Cyrl, Норберт Кењвеш / Norbert Kenjveš; born 10 June 1989) is a Hungarian professional association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger or forward (association football), f ...

(1989– ), born in

Senta Senta ( sr-cyrl, Сента, ; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Zenta'', ; Romanian language, Romanian: ''Zenta'') is a town and municipality located in Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the bank of the Tisza, Tisa river in the geographical ...

, professional footballer who plays for Hungarian club

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László Moholy-Nagy László Moholy-Nagy (; ; born László Weisz; July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian painter and photographer as well as a professor in the Bauhaus school. He was highly influenced by Constructivism (art), con ...

(1895–1946), Hungarian

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, painter and photographer, notable professor of the

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school *

Jovan Radonić Jovan Radonić (9 February 1873, Mol, Austria-Hungary — 25 November 1956, Yugoslavia) was a Serbian historian, librarian of Matica Srpska library and member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Biography Radonić graduated from the Un ...

(1873–1956), historian, member of

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(1826–1890), painter and writer

References

*Popis stanovništva, 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.

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