Petlovac

Petlovac
Municipality
Municipality of Petlovac
Općina Petlovac
Petlovac

Location of Petlovac in Croatia

Coordinates: 45°45′31″N 18°31′41″E / 45.75861°N 18.52806°E / 45.75861; 18.52806
Country Croatia
County Osijek-Baranja
Government
 • Municipal mayor Milan Knežević
Area
 • Total 93 km2 (36 sq mi)
Elevation 90 m (300 ft)
Population (2011 census)
 • Total 2,405[1]
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal codes 31321 Petlovac
Area code(s) (+385) 31

Petlovac (Hungarian: Baranyaszentistván, German: Sankt Stefan)[2] is a village and municipality in the western part of Baranja, which comprise the northern part of Osijek-Baranja County in Croatia.

Name

Its name derived from the word "petao" (which means "rooster" in English).

Municipality of Petlovac

Population

Population data graph 1857.-2011.[3]


Municipality of Petlovac has 2,405 inhabitants (2011 census), including:

Geography

It is located between border with Hungary in the north-west, Baranja municipalities of Beli Manastir and Jagodnjak in the east and Slavonia region in the south-west.

The municipality of Petlovac include following settlements:

Petlovac (setllement)

History

Till 1991. part of settlement was Zeleno Polje which is now independent settlement.

Population

Population data graph 1857.-2011.[4]


Ethnic composition, 1991. census

Petlovac
1991

total: 1,012

  Croats 843 (83.30%)
  Serbs 51 (5.03%)
  Yugoslavs 37 (3.65%)
  Hungarians 25 (2.47%)
  Slovenes 11 (1.08%)
  Montenegrins 7 (0.69%)
  Germans 5 (0.49%)
  Muslims by nationality 1 (0.09%)
  ethnically undeclared 15 (1.48%)
  unknown 17 (1.67%)

Austria-Hungary 1910. census

Petlovac
Population by ethnicity Population by religion

total: 962

  Germans 927 (96.36%)
  Hungarians 28 (2.91%)
  Serbs 4 (0.41%)
  others 3 (0.31%)

total: 962

  roman catholics 944 (98.12%)
  jewish 10 (1.03%)
  eastern orthodox 5 (0.51%)
  calvinists 3 (0.31%)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv/censuses/census2011/results/htm/H01_01_01/h01_01_01_zup14.html
  2. ↑ http://www.nipp.hr/UserDocsImages/Registar%20geografska%20imena%20nacionalnih%20manjina%20RH.pdf
  3. ↑ Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001., www.dzs.hr
  4. ↑ Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001., www.dzs.hr

Literature

See also

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