Hetin

Hetin Хетин Tamásfalva
Village
The Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Hetin Location of Hetin within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°33′20″N 20°41′24″E / 45.55556°N 20.69000°E / 45.55556; 20.69000Coordinates: 45°33′20″N 20°41′24″E / 45.55556°N 20.69000°E / 45.55556; 20.69000
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	Central Banat
Elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Population (2002)
• Hetin	763
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	23235
Area code(s)	+381(0)23
Car plates	ZR

Hetin (Serbian: Hetin or Хетин, Hungarian: Tamásfalva or Hetény, German: Hettin or Tomsdorf) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Žitište municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority (53.21%) and its population numbering 763 people (2002 census).

Geography

The village is located near the border between Serbia and Romania. Closest neighbouring places are Srpski Itebej, Radojevo, Srpska Crnja, Vojvoda Stepa, Nova Crnja, Velike Livade, and Banatsko Karađorđevo. The postal code of the village is 23235, and the phone area code is 023 (telephone numbers in the village start with 832-).

History

Hetin was founded in 1841 by tobacco cultivators. In 1897, Hetin (Hetény) and Tamašfalva (Tamásfalva) were merged into one single village.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in the village include (2002 census):

406 (53.21%) Hungarians
306 (40.11%) Serbs
others.

Historical population

1961: 2,008
1971: 1,604
1981: 1,139
1991: 881
2002: 763

Genealogical Records

Up to 1860, filial parish of Cărpiniș.
After 1860 filial parish of Nemačka Crnja (Srpska Crnja).
Separate RC church books only starting 1899 (today at Zrenjanin Parish).

References

Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

Cities, towns and villages in the Central Banat District

Zrenjanin	Aradac Banatski Despotovac Belo Blato Botoš Elemir Ečka Jankov Most Klek Knićanin Lazarevo Lukino Selo Lukićevo Melenci Mihajlovo Orlovat Perlez Stajićevo Taraš Tomaševac Farkaždin Čenta

Žitište	Banatski Dvor Banatsko Višnjićevo Banatsko Karađorđevo Međa Novi Itebej Ravni Topolovac Srpski Itebej Torak Torda Hetin Čestereg

Nova Crnja	Aleksandrovo Vojvoda Stepa Radojevo Srpska Crnja Toba

Novi Bečej	Bočar Kumane Novo Miloševo

Sečanj	Banatska Dubica Boka Busenje Jarkovac Jaša Tomić Konak Krajišnik Neuzina Sutjeska Šurjan

*()** bold are municipalities or cities

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