Vatin
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Vatin
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| The main street and the Orthodox Church The main street and the Orthodox Church | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia |
| Province | File:Flags of Vojvodina.svg Vojvodina |
| District | South Banat |
| Municipality | File:Vrsac-grb-srednji.png Vršac |
| Area | |
• Vatin | 17.12 km2 (6.61 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 82 m (269 ft) |
| Population (2022)[3] | |
• Vatin | 128[1] |
| • Density | 7.48/km2 (19.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 26337 |
| Area code | +381(0)13 |
| Car plates | VŠ |
Vatin (Serbian Cyrillic: Ватин; Hungarian: Versecvát) is a village located in the municipality of Vršac, Serbia. A border crossing between Serbia and Romania is located in the village. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (53.2%) with a sizable Hungarian minority (26.8%) and its population numbers 128 inhabitants (2022 census).
Name
[edit | edit source]In Serbian, the village is known as Vatin (Ватин), in Hungarian as Versecvát, and in German as Wattin.
History
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Bronze Age graves of south Russian steppe nomads were found in the village, as well as 14th century BC duck-shaped vases.[4]
Vatin circles
[edit | edit source]Just outside the village there are Vatin circles that were estimated to belong to the Vinča culture.[5][6][7][8][9]
Historical population
[edit | edit source]- 1961: 553
- 1971: 489
- 1981: 417
- 1991: 316
- 2002: 250
- 2011: 239
- 2022: 128
See also
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
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