BeoÃÂin (, ; ) is a town and municipality located in the South BaÃÂka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The population of the town is 7,274, whilst BeoÃÂin's municipality population is 13,875 (2022 census). There is also a BeoÃÂin Monastery from the 16th century in the municipality.
In Serbian, the town is known as BeoÃÂin (ÃÂõþÃÂøý), in Croatian as BeoÃÂin, in Hungarian as Belcsény, in German (dated) as Beotschin, in Slovak as BeoÃÂÃÂn, and in Rusyn as ÃÂõþÃÂøý.
The name of the town derives from the word that came from local Serbian dialect, which in modern standard Serbian would be written as "beli otac" or in English as "white father" (the full meaning of the name is "the place that belong to white father"). The name referred to the prior of the nearby BeoÃÂin monastery.
Although it is geographically located in Syrmia, BeoÃÂin administratively belong to South BaÃÂka District. The town of BeoÃÂin is divided into two parts: BeoÃÂin Grad ("BeoÃÂin town") and BeoÃÂin Selo ("BeoÃÂin village"). However, no matter that BeoÃÂin Selo is called a village, it is not a village but simply part of the town.
The existence of the Serbian Orthodox monastery of BeoÃÂin (which is located 2 km in the south from modern town) was first recorded by the sources in 1566-67. Until the end of the 18th century, a small settlement (hamlet) existed near this monastery. During Ottoman administration, this settlement was populated by ethnic Serbs.
The settlement that developed into modern BeoÃÂin was mentioned in 1702. By then the hamlet had grown into 49 households. In the beginning, it was only a village, and its basic economic activity was wine production (even today, the oldest part of BeoÃÂin is known as BeoÃÂin Selo, i.e. "BeoÃÂin village" in English). After the cement factory was opened in 1839, BeoÃÂin developed into a modern town, which over time became the centre of northern Syrmia. The cement factory in BeoÃÂin is one of the largest cement factories in Europe. The new, urban part of town developed as a worker's colony and was known as Fabrika ("factory"), BeoÃÂin Fabrika ("BeoÃÂin factory") and BeoÃÂin Grad ("BeoÃÂin town").
Until the middle of the 18th century, the village of BeoÃÂin was under Habsburg military administration. After 1745, it was part of t Syrmia County, which was one of three counties of the Habsburg Kingdom of Slavonia. In 1828, majority of inhabitants of BeoÃÂin village were Orthodox Christians.
In 1848âÂÂ49, BeoÃÂin was part of Serbian Vojvodina, while from 1849 to 1860 it was part of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar. After the abolishment of the voivodeship in 1860, BeoÃÂin was again incorporated into Syrmia County of the Kingdom of Slavonia. In 1868, Kingdom of Slavonia was joined with the Kingdom of Croatia into the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, which was part of the Kingdom of Hungary and Austria-Hungary. In 1910, population of BeoÃÂin Selo numbered 3,342 inhabitants, while population of BeoÃÂin Fabrika numbered 262 inhabitants. According to 1910 census, largest ethnic group in BeoÃÂin were Serbs, while other ethnic groups that lived in the settlement included Hungarians, Germans, Croats, and others.
In 1918, BeoÃÂin first became part of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, then part of the Kingdom of Serbia and finally part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed to Yugoslavia). From 1918 to 1922, BeoÃÂin was part of Syrmia county, from 1922 to 1929 part of Syrmia oblast, and from 1929 to 1939 part of the Danube Banovina, and from 1939 to 1941 part of the Banovina of Croatia. During World War II, from 1941 to 1944, BeoÃÂin was occupied by Axis troops and was included in PaveliÃÂ's Independent State of Croatia. During the Axis occupation, 66 civilians were killed in BeoÃÂin by fascists. In 1944, BeoÃÂin was liberated by Yugoslav partisans. Since 1944, the town is part of Vojvodina, which (from 1945) was an autonomous province of Serbia and Yugoslavia.
Until the end of World War II, BeoÃÂin was part of the Ilok municipality. Since the newly established post-WW2 border between Vojvodina (Serbia) and Croatia divided the former Ilok municipality, BeoÃÂin was included into Novi Sad municipality. Later, a separate municipality of BeoÃÂin was established. In 1948, the population of BeoÃÂin Fabrika numbered 2,144 and the population of BeoÃÂin Selo numbered 1,495.
According to the 2022 census results, the municipality of BeoÃÂin had 13,875 inhabitants.
BeoÃÂin municipality encompasses the town of BeoÃÂin, and the following villages:
Most of the settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority, while the village of Lug have an ethnic Slovak majority. Ethnic composition of the city:
BeoÃÂin is one of the centers of the Islamic Community of Vojvodina. As of 2006, it was one of the three settlements in Vojvodina where Islamic religious buildings could be found (The other two settlements are Novi Sad and Subotica).
The oldest Serb rural schools in Vojvodina were established in present-day BeoÃÂin municipality: in Grabovo (1625) and Sviloà ¡ (1695). There are also two important Serbian Orthodox monasteries: BeoÃÂin monastery, whose existence was first recorded in 1566-67 and Rakovac monastery, whose existence was first recorded in 1545-48.
The following table gives a preview of total number of employed people per their core activity (as of 2017):