Bačko Gradište

Bačko Gradište Бачко Градиште Bácsföldvár
Village
Main street with Catholic church in Bačko Gradište
Bačko Gradište
Coordinates: 45°32′N 20°2′E / 45.533°N 20.033°E / 45.533; 20.033
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Population (2002)
• Total	5,445
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Bačko Gradište (Serbian Cyrillic: Бачко Градиште, pronounced [bâːtʃkɔː ɡrâdiːʃtɛ]; Hungarian: Bácsföldvár, pronounced [ˈbaːt͡ʃføldvaːr]; German: Feldwar in der Batschau) is a village located in the Bečej municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village is ethnically mixed and its population numbering 5,445 people (2002 census). Largest ethnic groups in the village are Hungarians (46.26%) and Serbs (44.39%). Linguistically the village has a Slavophonic plurality as Serbs, Yugoslavs, Croats, Montenegrins and Muslims by nationality collectively compose 49.35% of the population. In early 2007, the village was, among others, affected by the measles outbreak that attracted WHO attention.

Former Serbian name of this village was Feldvarac (Фелдварац). Historical sources from 1316 mentioned several settlements with name Feldvarac, but it is not sure which one of those could be identified with modern village. More reliable data about this settlement are dated in the period of Ottoman administration (16th-17th century). According to Habsburg census from 1720, this village was populated exclusively by Serbs, while 1910 census recorded that speakers of Hungarian language are more numerous than speakers of Serbian in this settlement.