Nikinci

Nikinci
Никинци
Village

Serbian Orthodox church
Nikinci
Coordinates: RS 44°51′N 19°49′E / 44.850°N 19.817°E / 44.850; 19.817
Country  Serbia
Province  Vojvodina
Population (2002)
  Total 2,216
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Nikinci (Serbian Cyrillic: Никинци) is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Ruma municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina 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.

History

In 1737, about 1,600 Catholic Albanians from Kelmendi clan came to Srem. They were settled in the villages of Nikinci and Hrtkovci. Today, their descendants consider themselves Croats.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

Historical population

See also

References

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Coordinates: 44°51′N 19°49′E / 44.850°N 19.817°E / 44.850; 19.817

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