Šurjan



Šurjan (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