Radojevo () is a village in

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. It is situated in the municipality of

Nova Crnja Nova Crnja ( sr-Cyrl, Нова Црња; , ; , ) is a village and municipality located in the Central Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 1,007, while the municipality has 8,147 inhabita ...

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province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (78.98%) and its population is 1,385 people (2002 census).

Name

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, the village is known as ''Radojevo'' or Радојево (formerly also ''Klarija'' / Кларија, ''Srpska Klarija'' / Српска Кларија or ''Peterda'' / Петерда), in Hungarian as ''Klári'', in

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as ''Klari'', in Croatian as ''Radojevo'' or ''Hrvatska Klarija'', and in

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as ''Peterda''.

History

Historically, the village was called ''Klarija'', and before merging, there were two Klarija's: Srpska Klarija (

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Klarija) and Hrvatska Klarija (

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Klarija). In Hungarian sources these were called ''Szerbklári'' and ''Horvátklári'' (located in 20° 47' 21" E and 45° 44' 48" N), respectively.
Hrvatska Klarija got its name after

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(nobles that originated from

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), that were settled there by the Diocese of Zagreb on its possessions (see

Hrvatska Keča Checea (; ; ; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Checea, part of the commune of Cenei until 2004, when it was split off. Geography Checea is located in the west of Timiș County, from Timișoara and ...

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). These Croats lived in compact part of the village; they have been slowly but evidently in large amounts assimilated. Still, this assimilation hasn't drawn the attention of Croat parties in Serbia.Danas
Sporovi nikome nisu potrebni, Mar 21, 2006 The village changed its name after the WW2 and there is an initiative to give to the village its original name Srpska Klarija.

Historical population

*1900: 3,107 *1931: 3,336 *1961: 2,595 *1971: 2,230 *1981: 1,872 *1991: 1,588

Gallery

Image:Nova Crnja Mun.png, Map of the Nova Crnja municipality showing the location of Radojevo Image:Radojevo,_Catholic_Church.jpg, The Saint Urban Bishop and Martyr Catholic Church

References

* Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996. {{Central Banat District Populated places in Serbian Banat

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