Vatin
Village in Vojvodina, Serbia
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 numbers 128 inhabitants (2022 census).
01Name
In Serbian, the village is known as Vatin (Ватин), in Hungarian as Versecvát, and in German as Wattin.
02History
Bronze Age graves of south Russian steppe nomads were found in the village, as well as 14th century BC duck-shaped vases.
03Vatin circles
Just outside the village there are Vatin circles that were estimated to belong to the Vinča culture.
04Historical population
- 1961: 553
- 1971: 489
- 1981: 417
- 1991: 316
- 2002: 250
- 2011: 239
- 2022: 128
Sources and credits
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- Vatin, main street and Orthodox church.jpg by No machine-readable author provided. Sors bona assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain
- Vatin culture.png by WikiEditor2004, CC0
- Moravica river near Vatin, Serbia.jpg by No machine-readable author provided. Sors bona assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain
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