Vatin
Vatin
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 The main street and the Orthodox Church | |
  Vatin Location of Vatin within Serbia  Vatin Vatin (Serbia)  Vatin Vatin (Europe) | |
| Coordinates: 45°14′03″N 21°14′22″E / 45.23417°N 21.23944°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Province |  Vojvodina |
| District | South Banat |
| Municipality |  Vršac |
| Area | |
• Vatin | 17.12 km2 (6.61 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 82 m (269 ft) |
| Population (2022)[3] | |
• Vatin | 128[1] |
| 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 numbering 128 inhabitants (2022 census).
Name
[edit]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 were found in Vatin.[4]
Vatin circles
[edit]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]- 1961: 553
- 1971: 489
- 1981: 417
- 1991: 316
- 2002: 250
- 2011: 239
- 2022: 128
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "AGE AND SEX - Data by settlements" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ "Насеља општине Вршац" (PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "2022 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings: Ethnicity (data by municipalities and cities)" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. April 2023. ISBN 978-86-6161-228-2. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ^ "Función depuradora de los humedales I: una revisión bibliográfica sobre el papel de los macrófitos (Purification function of wetlands I: a bibliographic review on the role of macrophytes)" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ "Mistični vršački krugovi: 1.500 godina stariji od Stounhendža! (VIDEO)".
- ^ "Vatinski krugovi stariji od Stounhendža?". 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Da li su vatinski krugovi kalendar iz mlađeg kamenog doba?". 30 June 2023.
- ^ "PRVI KALENDAR NASTAO U VRŠCU Koncentrični krugovi stari preko 1.500 godina najbolje svedoče o tome!".
- ^ "VATINSKI KRUGOVI STARIJI OD STOUNHENDŽA?: Nastanak i namena mističnih koncentričnih krugova u atarima dva sela još nisu naučno istraženi". 3 November 2020.
Further reading
[edit]- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
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