is losing its population. Bácsalmás is struggling to replace the declining agricultural sector, but alternatives are hard to find. The farming cooperative privatized in the early 1990s and the local state farm accumulated large debts. Twin towns – sister cities Bácsalmás is twinned with: Backnang, Germany Bajmok (Subotica), Serbia Bezdan (Sombor), Serbia Bizovac, Croatia Borsec, Romania Gizałki, Poland Veľký Meder, Slovakia References Dr. Mihály Mandics: A magyarországi bunyevác-horvátok története, Budapest, 1987. Horváth, Sövény, Harton: Bácsalmás, Szekszárd, 1999. External links in Hungarian Places in Bačka Populated places in Bács-Kiskun County Hungarian German communities Towns in Hungary