Majur is a settlement and a municipality in central

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in the

Sisak-Moslavina County Sisak-Moslavina County ( hr, Sisačko-moslavačka županija) is a Croatian county in eastern Central Croatia and southwestern Slavonia. It is named after the city of Sisak and the region Moslavina just across the river Sava. According to 2021 ...

. It has a population of 1,185, 70.04% of whom are

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, ...

(2011 census) and 27.26% are ethnic

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

. By census 1991

were a majority 1,381 (54.05%), followed by Croats 1,036 (40.54%),

Yugoslavs Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( Bosnian and Croatian: ''Jugoslaveni'', Serbian and Macedonian ''Jugosloveni''/Југословени; sl, Jugoslovani) is an identity that was originally designed to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has b ...

72 (2.81%) and others 66 (2.58%). Majur is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.

History

Demographics

Settlements

The municipality consists of 11 settlements: * Gornja Meminska, population 17 * Gornji Hrastovac, population 209 * Graboštani, population 134 * Kostrići, population 3 * Majur, population 324 * Malo Krčevo, population 19 * Mračaj, population 42 * Srednja Meminska, population 58 * Stubalj, population 186 * Svinica, population 114 * Veliko Krčevo, population 79

Politics

Minority councils and representatives

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs. At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections

Serbs of Croatia The Serbs of Croatia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Срби у Хрватској, Srbi u Hrvatskoj) or Croatian Serbs ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", хрватски Срби, hrvatski Srbi) constitute the largest national minority in Cro ...

fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority council of the Municipality of Majur.

Sights

Notable natives and residents

Grigorije Živković Grigorije Živković (Wordly name: Nikola Živković; 25 November 1839 - 24 April 1909) was a bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Biography Nikola Živković was born on 25 November 1839 in the Banija village of Meminska, near Kostajnica, at t ...

, born in Meminska

References

Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Sisak-Moslavina County {{SisakMoslavina-geo-stub