Vrčin (

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular **Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans ** Serbian language ** Serbian culture **Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the co ...

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: Врчин) is a

suburban settlement A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...

, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of

Grocka Grocka ( sr-cyr, Гроцка, ) or Grocka na Dunavu ( sr-cyr, Гроцка на Дунаву, ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2022 census results, the municipality has 82,810 inhabitants. L ...

Name

Historians

Dušan J. Popović Dušan J. Popović (1894–1985) was a Serbian historian, a professor at the University of Belgrade. His works largely dealt with Serbs living in the 18th century outside of what latter would become known as the Serbia proper. Works * ''Vojvo ...

and

Vladimir Ćorović Vladimir Ćorović ( sr-cyrl, Владимир Ћоровић; 27 October 1885 – 12 April 1941) was a Serb historian, university professor, author, and academic. Ćorović served two terms as the Rector of the University of Belgrade and twice ...

traced the name of the locality back to the

Roman period The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Roman people, Romans conquered most of this during the Roman Republic, Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of ...

and the nearby temple of Norcinium. It was dedicated to the Etruscan-Roman goddess of destiny,

Nortia Nortia is the Latinized name of the Etruscan goddess Nurtia (variant manuscript readings include ''Norcia'', ''Norsia'', ''Nercia'', and ''Nyrtia''), whose sphere of influence was time, fate, destiny, and chance. Evidence Little or no Etrusca ...

. After Slavic settlement, Roman names ending with ''-cin um' were mostly contracted to ''čin'', while the suffix ''-dunum'' became ''din''. Norcinium was thus shortened to Norčin and then modified to Vrčin.

Politics

Vrčin was once the seat of its own municipality, which was disbanded and incorporated into the municipality of Grocka.

Population

Vrčin is statistically classified as a rural settlement (village) and officially is the second most populous settlement in the municipality (Census 2002; after

Kaluđerica Kaluđerica ( sr-Cyrl, Калуђерица, ) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Grocka. Location Kaluđerica is the westernmost settlement in the municipality of Grocka. It is located 6 kilomet ...

but ahead of the municipal seat of Grocka). However, unofficial estimates that include refugees (not counted in the official

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reports) also put

Leštane Leštane ( sr-cyr, Лештане) is a suburban settlement in Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Grocka. Location Leštane is located 15 km east of Belgrade, originally further away from the major roads. As the settlement e ...

before Vrčin. Vrčin extends on both sides of the highway (originally developed from the western side). The eastern extension is colloquially known as Tranšped (Cyrillic: Траншпед). This area forms a continuous build-up area with Zaklopača. Vrčin has experienced a steady growth of population: * 1921 – 3,470 * 1948 – 5,040 * 1953 – 5,342 * 1961 – 6,042 * 1971 – 6,263 * 1981 – 7,327 * 1991 – 7,589 (de facto) * 1991 – 8,034 (de jure) * 2002 – 8,667 (de facto) * 2002 – 9,328 (de jure) * 2011 – 9,088 * 2022 – 8,601

References

Sources

* Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): ''Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije''; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; {{Grocka Suburbs of Belgrade Former and proposed municipalities of Belgrade Šumadija