Grabovac Banski is a

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in central

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, in the Town of

Petrinja Petrinja () is a town in central Croatia near Sisak in the historic region of Banovina. It is administratively located in Sisak-Moslavina County. On December 29, 2020, the town was hit by a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 , causing ...

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. It is connected by the D30 highway.

History

On 23 July 1941, the first armed action by the antifascist partisans in

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region, and in Croatia as a whole, was conducted in Banski Grabovac, under the leadership of Vasilj Gaćeša. In Ustaša reprisals against civilian population, that followed shortly, about 1200 civilians were killed in the Banski Grabovac massacre. There are two monuments in this area, the Monument of the Uprising and Monument to the Victims of Fascism, by Petar Salopek, featuring the lyrics of Croatian poet

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Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the village of Grabovac Banski has 200 inhabitants. This represents 36.23% of its pre-

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population according to the 1991 census. According to the 1991 census,Izdanje Državnog zavoda za statistiku RH: Narodnosni sastav stanovništva RH od 1880-1991. godine. 88.04% of the village population were ethnic

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(486/552), 4.71% were ethnic

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(26/552), 5.62% were

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(31/552), while 1.63% were of other ethnic origin (9/552).
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Sights

* The Monument of the Uprising and Monument to the Victims of Fascism, by Petar Salopek, featuring the lyrics of Croatian poet

Notable people

References

Populated places in Sisak-Moslavina County Serb communities in Croatia {{SisakMoslavina-geo-stub