Vatin (; hu, Versecvát) is a
village
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located in the municipality of
Vršac
Vršac ( sr-cyr, Вршац, ; hu, Versec; ro, Vârșeț) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative centre of the South Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, the city urban area had a pop ...
, Serbia. A border crossing between Serbia and Romania is located in the village. The village has a
Serb
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The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
ethnic majority (53.2%) with a sizable
Hungarian minority (26.8%) and its population numbering 239 inhabitants (2011 census).
Name
In
Serbian, the village is known as ''Vatin'' (Ватин), in
Hungarian as ''Versecvát'', and in
German
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as ''Wattin''.
History
Bronze Age graves of south Russian steppe nomads was found in the village, as well as 14th century BC duck-shaped vases were found in Vatin.
[http://sehumed.uv.es/revista/numero16/SEHUMED_colecc131.PDF ]
Historical population
*1961: 553
*1971: 489
*1981: 417
*1991: 316
*2002: 250
*2011: 239
See also
*
List of places in Serbia
This is the list of populated places in Serbia (excluding Kosovo), as recorded by the 2002 census, sorted alphabetically by municipalities. Settlements denoted as "urban" (towns and cities) are marked bold. Population for every settlement is giv ...
*
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.
Notes
Populated places in Serbian Banat
Populated places in South Banat District
Vršac
Romania–Serbia border crossings
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