Šurjan () is a
village
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in
Serbia
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. It is situated in the
Sečanj
Sečanj (, hu, Torontálszécsány) is a town located in the Central Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town itself has a population of 2,373, while the Sečanj municipality has 13,267 inhabitants.
Name
"Sečanj" ...
municipality
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, in the
Central Banat District
The Central Banat District ( sr, Средњобанатски округ, Srednjobanatski okrug, ; hu, Közép-bánsági körzet) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It lies in the geogr ...
,
Vojvodina
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province. The population of the village is 330 (2002 census), including 145
Serbs
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The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
(43.93%), 140
Hungarians
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(42.42%), and others.
Name
In
Serbian the village is known as ''Šurjan'' (Шурјан), in
Hungarian as ''Surján'', in
Romanian
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*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditional ...
as ''Șurian'', and in
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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**Ger ...
as ''Schurjan''.
Historical population
*1869: 646
*1900: 618
*1921: 759
*1931: 821
*1948: 682
*1953: 807
*1961: 734
*1971: 483
*1981: 406
*1991: 377
See also
*
List of places in Serbia
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*
List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia.
List of largest cities and towns in Vojvodina
List of urban settlements in Vojvodina
List of all urban settlements (cities and towns) in Vojvodina with populati ...
References
#Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
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Populated places in Serbian Banat
Populated places in Central Banat District
Sečanj