Nineteenth-century urbanization in the south-east of the Kingdom of Hungary: demographic dynamics, ethnic and religious composition of urban population

Delić, Nino (2023) Nineteenth-century urbanization in the south-east of the Kingdom of Hungary: demographic dynamics, ethnic and religious composition of urban population. In: History of Urbanization in Europe : Collection of Articles of the III International Scientific Conference. Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (NNGASU), Institute of History Belgrade, Nizhny Novgorod, pp. 71-79. ISBN 978-5-528-00541-6

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Abstract

The paper deals with the problem of urbanization and demographic growth during the 19th Century in the south of the former Kingdom of Hungary. Data for towns in two Counties, Bacs-Bodrogh and Torontal were analysed, focusing on the change of the ethnic and religious composition of the population. Orthodox Christian Serbs made the vast majority of the town's population in the first half of the Century. The Revolution of 1848/49 caused negative tendencies in population growth but in the last decades of the Century urban settlements increased in size significantly. The Serbian Orthodox population, despite moderate growth in absolute numbers, lost majority in almost all towns in the south of the Kingdom of Hungary due to intense immigration of other ethnic and religious groups. The key part of the newcomers was made up by ethnic Hungarians which resettled as a result of government policies and accelerating industrialisation

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