Nikinci () is a village in

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. It is located in the

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municipality, in the

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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''. The name of the town in Serbian is plural.

History

In 1737, about 1,600

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from the

Kelmendi Kelmendi is a historical Albanian tribes, Albanian tribe (''fis'') and region in Malësia (Kelmend (municipality), Kelmend municipality) and eastern Montenegro (parts of Gusinje Municipality). It is located in the upper valley of the Cem (river), ...

tribe came to

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. They were settled in the villages of Nikinci and

Hrtkovci Hrtkovci ( sr-Cyrl, Хртковци) is a village located in the municipality of Ruma, Serbia. As of a 2011 census, its population is 3,036. Name In Serbian language, Serbian, the village is known as , and in Hungarian language, Hungarian as . I ...

. Today, their descendants consider themselves

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. In the 19th century Hungarians are moving to Nikinci from Temerin and Mali Iđoš. In 1910 the Hungarians are the largest group in the village: the total population is 2,005, 874 Hungarians (43.6%), 557 Croatians (27.8%), 526 Germans (26,2%), 33 Others (mostly Roma, 1.6%) and 15 Serbians. Some of the Hungarians are belonging to the Reformed Christian Church, they built a church in the village.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

*Serbs = 1,534 *Hungarians = 264 *Croats = 210 *Yugoslavs = 69 *Roma = 32 *others.

Historical population

*1961: 2,607 *1971: 2,644 *1981: 2,425 *1991: 2,266 A village created by Kelmendi tribe of north Albania

References

*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996. *Borislav Jankulov, Pregled kolonizacije Vojvodine u XVIII i XIX veku, Novi Sad - Pančevo, 2003.

Gallery

File:Nikinci,_Catholic_Church.jpg, The Catholic church. File:Calvinist_church,_Nikinci_village,_Vojvodina,_Serbia_-_20070210.jpg, Calvinist church.

External links

School in Nikinci
{{SremRS-geo-stub Populated places in Syrmia