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).

Vatin
Ватин (Serbian)
Versecvát (Hungarian)
The main street and the Orthodox Church
The main street and the Orthodox Church
Vatin is located in Vojvodina
Vatin
Vatin
Location of Vatin within Serbia
Vatin is located in Serbia
Vatin
Vatin
Vatin (Serbia)
Vatin is located in Europe
Vatin
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Vatin (Europe)
Coordinates: 45°14′03″N 21°14′22″E / 45.23417°N 21.23944°E / 45.23417; 21.23944
CountrySerbia
ProvinceVojvodina
DistrictSouth Banat
Area
 • Vatin17.12 km2 (6.61 sq mi)
Elevation
82 m (269 ft)
Population
 (2022)[3]
 • Vatin128[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
26337
Area code+381(0)13
Car plates

Name edit

In Serbian, the village is known as Vatin (Ватин), in Hungarian as Versecvát, and in German as Wattin.

History edit

 
Area of Vatin culture
 
The Moravica River near Vatin

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

  1. ^ "AGE AND SEX - Data by settlements" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  2. ^ "Насеља општине Вршац" (PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Mistični vršački krugovi: 1.500 godina stariji od Stounhendža! (VIDEO)".
  6. ^ "Vatinski krugovi stariji od Stounhendža?". 3 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Da li su vatinski krugovi kalendar iz mlađeg kamenog doba?". 30 June 2023.
  8. ^ "PRVI KALENDAR NASTAO U VRŠCU Koncentrični krugovi stari preko 1.500 godina najbolje svedoče o tome!".
  9. ^ "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.