Maradik Explained

Official Name:Maradik
Native Name:
Settlement Type:Village (Selo)
Pushpin Map:Serbia Vojvodina#Serbia#Europe
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Serbia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Vojvodina
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Syrmia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:2,095
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:45.1°N 20°W

Maradik is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in the region of Syrmia (Syrmia District), in Inđija municipality. Maradik is located about 10 km west of Inđija. The village has a 60% Serb ethnic majority and its total population in 2011 was 2,095.

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Maradik or Марадик, in Croatian as Maradik, and in Hungarian as Maradék.

History

After Hungarian Roman Catholic residents of the village were rejected by bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer in their request to get Hungarian language speaking priest, their representatives went to Budapest to meet reformed bishop to request collective conversion to Protestantism.[1]

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

Historical population

Sources

See also

45.1°N 20°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Barišić Bogišić, Lidija . 164 . O neslavenskom stanovništvu na vukovarskom području . Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada . 978-953-169-497-1 . 2022 .