Vrčin Врчин | |
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 Only 20 km from the capital center, Vrčin is a peaceful village with a stunning countryside | |
| Coordinates: 44°40′N20°36′E / 44.667°N 20.600°E | |
| Country | Serbia |
| Subdivision | Belgrade |
| Municipality | Grocka |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 8,601 |
| Area code | +381(0)11 |
Vrčin (Serbian Cyrillic: Врчин) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Grocka.
Though the village itself was mentioned much later, historians Dušan J. Popović and Vladimir Ćorović traced the name of the locality back to the Roman period and the nearby temple of [N]orcinium. It was dedicated to the Etruscan-Roman goddess of destiny, Nortia. After Slavic settlement, Roman names ending with -cin[ium] were mostly contracted to čin, while suffix -dunum was morphed into din. [N]orcinium was thus shortened to [N]orčin and then modified to Vrčin. [1]
Vrčin is located southeast of Avala mountain, in the central-eastern part of the municipality, 20 km southeast of Belgrade and 14 km west of the municipal seat of Grocka. It is situated in the spring area of the Bolečica river and is a major crossroad located on the Belgrade-Požarevac railway, the Belgrade-Niš highway, a regional road connecting the highway and the road of Smederevski put (through Zaklopača) and another one connecting the highway and the Belgrade-Kragujevac road.
Vrčin has several neighborhoods of its own. They can be roughly divided into two sections, north and south of the highway.
North section:
South section:
Despite the recent development of workshops and the commercial sector (including the building of a shopping mall in the center of the settlement), the economy is mostly based on agriculture.
Vrčin was once the seat of its own municipality, which was disbanded and incorporated into the municipality of Grocka.
Vrčin is statistically classified as a rural settlement (village) and officially is the second most populous settlement in the municipality (Census 2002; after Kaluđerica but ahead of the municipal seat of Grocka). However, unofficial estimates that include refugees (not counted in the official census reports) also put Leštane before Vrčin.
Vrčin extends on both sides of the highway (originally developed from the western side). The eastern extension is colloquially known as Tranšped (Cyrillic: Траншпед). This area forms a continuous build-up area with Zaklopača. Vrčin has experienced a steady growth of population: [2]
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