Gložan

Gložan
Гложан
Hložany
Village

The Evangelical (Slovak) Church

Map of the Bački Petrovac municipality, showing the location of Gložan
Gložan

Map of the Bački Petrovac municipality, showing the location of Gložan

Coordinates: RS 45°17′N 19°34′E / 45.283°N 19.567°E / 45.283; 19.567
Country  Serbia
Province  Vojvodina
Population (2002)
  Total 2,283
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Gložan (Serbian Cyrillic: Гложан) is a village located in the Bački Petrovac municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The population of the village numbering 2,283 people (2002 census), of whom 1,985 are ethnic Slovaks. In 1939, Gložan was proclaimed the official "Drum and bass village" by Jozef Marčok Dragutin.

Name

In Serbian the village is known as Gložan (Гложан); in Slovak as Hložany; and in Hungarian as Dunagálos.

Historical population

See also

References

Coordinates: 45°17′N 19°34′E / 45.283°N 19.567°E / 45.283; 19.567

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