Hetin is a village in Serbia

Serbia

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. It is situated in the Žitište

Žitište

Žitište is a town and municipality in Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 3,236, while Žitište municipality has 20,144 inhabitants.-Name:...

 municipality, in the Central Banat District

Central Banat District

Central Banat District is a northeastern district of Serbia. It lies in the region of Banat, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 208,456...

, Vojvodina

Vojvodina

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 province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 763 people (2002 census).

Geography

The village is located near the border between Serbia

Serbia

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 and Romania

Romania

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. Closest neighbouring places are Srpski Itebej

Srpski Itebej

Srpski Itebej is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Žitište municipality, Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 2,405 .-External links:*...

, Radojevo

Radojevo

Radojevo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the municipality of Nova Crnja, Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population is 1,385 people .-Name:...

, Srpska Crnja

Srpska Crnja

Srpska Crnja is a town in Serbia, situated in central-east Banat alongside the border with Romania. It is located in Nova Crnja municipality, Central Banat District, Province of Vojvodina. It is about 150 km away from the capital city of Belgrade, 113 km from Novi Sad, 9 km...

, Vojvoda Stepa

Vojvoda Stepa

Vojvoda Stepa is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Nova Crnja municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The population of the village numbering 1,720 people , of whom majority are ethnic Serbs.-Name:...

, Nova Crnja

Nova Crnja

Nova Crnja is a village and municipality in Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 1,858, while Nova Crnja municipality has 12,661 inhabitants.-Inhabited places:Nova Crnja municipality includes the following villages:...

, 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
  Serbs
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• others.

Genealogical Records

• Up to 1860, filial parish of Cărpiniş
  Carpinis
  Cărpiniş is a commune in Timiş County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Cărpiniş and Iecea Mică. It also included Iecea Mare village until it was split off to form a separate commune in 2004.- Localization :...
  
  .
• After 1860 filial parish of Nemačka Crnja
  Srpska Crnja
  Srpska Crnja is a town in Serbia, situated in central-east Banat alongside the border with Romania. It is located in Nova Crnja municipality, Central Banat District, Province of Vojvodina. It is about 150 km away from the capital city of Belgrade, 113 km from Novi Sad, 9 km...
  
   (Srpska Crnja).
• Separate RC church books only starting 1899 (today at Zrenjanin
  Zrenjanin
  Zrenjanin is a city and municipality located in the eastern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the Central Banat District of Serbia...
  
  Parish).