Šurjan

Village in Vojvodina, Serbia
Šurjan
Шурјан (Serbian)
Surján (Hungarian)
Village (Selo)
The Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church
45°23′34″N 20°52′16″E / 45.39278°N 20.87111°E / 45.39278; 20.87111
CountrySerbia
ProvinceVojvodina
DistrictCentral Banat
Elevation
82 m (269 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Šurjan330
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
23254
Area code+381(0)23
Car platesZR
New Catholic church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria with old tower.

Šurjan (Serbian Cyrillic: Шурјан) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Sečanj municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The population of the village is 330 (2002 census), including 145 Serbs (43.93%), 140 Hungarians (42.42%), and others.

Name

In Serbian the village is known as Šurjan (Шурјан), in Hungarian as Surján, in Romanian as Șurian, and in German as Schurjan.

Historical population

  • 1869: 646
  • 1900: 618
  • 1921: 759
  • 1931: 821
  • 1948: 682
  • 1953: 807
  • 1961: 734
  • 1971: 483
  • 1981: 406
  • 1991: 377

See also

References

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


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