Nikinci () is a village in

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. It is located in the

Ruma Ruma (; hu, Árpatarló) is a town and municipality in the Srem District of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, the town has a population of 30,076, while the municipality has a population of 54,339. History Traces of orga ...

municipality, in the

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province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,216 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian the village is known as ''Nikinci'' (Никинци), in Croatian as ''Nikinci'', and in Hungarian as ''Nyékinca''. The name of the town in Serbian is plural.

History

In 1737, about 1,600

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from the

Kelmendi Kelmendi is a historical Albanian tribe (''fis'') and region in Malësia ( Kelmend municipality) and eastern Montenegro (parts of Gusinje Municipality). It is located in the upper valley of the Cem river and its tributaries in the Accursed Mo ...

tribe came to

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. They were settled in the villages of Nikinci and

Hrtkovci Hrtkovci ( sr-Cyrl, Хртковци) is a village located in the municipality of Ruma, Serbia. As of 2011 census, it has a population of 3,036 inhabitants. Name In Serbo-Croatian, the village is known as ''Hrtkovci'' (Хртковци), and in ...

. Today, their descendants consider themselves

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. In the 19th century Hungarians are moving to Nikinci from Temerin and Mali Iđoš. In 1910 the Hungarians are the largest group in the village: the total population is 2,005, 874 Hungarians (43.6%), 557 Croatians (27.8%), 526 Germans (26,2%), 33 Others (mostly Roma, 1.6%) and 15 Serbians. Some of the Hungarians are belonging to the Reformed Christian Church, they built a church in the village.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

*Serbs = 1,534 *Hungarians = 264 *Croats = 210 *Yugoslavs = 69 *Roma = 32 *others.

Historical population

*1961: 2,607 *1971: 2,644 *1981: 2,425 *1991: 2,266

References

*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996. *Borislav Jankulov, Pregled kolonizacije Vojvodine u XVIII i XIX veku, Novi Sad - Pančevo, 2003.

Gallery

File:Nikinci,_Catholic_Church.jpg, The Catholic church. File:Calvinist_church,_Nikinci_village,_Vojvodina,_Serbia_-_20070210.jpg, Calvinist church.

External links

School in Nikinci
{{SremRS-geo-stub Populated places in Syrmia