Petlovac ( hu, Baranyaszentistván, ger, Sanktivan, sr-Cyrl, Петловац) is a village and municipality in the western part of
Baranja, which comprise the northern part of
Osijek-Baranja County
Osijek-Baranja County (, hr, Osječko-baranjska županija, hu, Eszék-Baranya megye) is a county in Croatia, located in northeastern Slavonia and Baranja. Its center is Osijek. Other towns include Đakovo, Našice, Valpovo, Belišće, and B ...
in Croatia. Petlovac is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the
First Category Area of Special State Concern by the
Government of Croatia.
Until the end of
World War II
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, the majority of the Inhabitants was
Danube Swabians
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, also called locally as ''Stifolder'', because there Ancestors once came at the 17th century and 18th century from
Fulda (district)
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History
T ...
. Mostly of the former German Settlers was expelled to
Allied-occupied Germany
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and
Allied-occupied Austria in 1945-1948, about the
Potsdam Agreement.
Name
Its name derived from the word "petao" (which means "rooster" in English).
Municipality of Petlovac
Population
Municipality of Petlovac has 2,405 inhabitants (2011 census), including
*73.22%
Croats
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*13.72%
Hungarians
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*5.07%
Serbs
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The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
*4.53%
Romani
Geography
It is located between border with
Hungary
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in the north-west, Baranja municipalities of
Beli Manastir
Beli Manastir is a town in eastern Croatia. It is the principal town of the Croatian part of Baranja, located in the Osijek-Baranja County.
Name
The name means "white monastery" in Serbo-Croatian. Originally called Monoštor, the current name w ...
and
Jagodnjak in the east and
Slavonia
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region in the south-west.
The municipality of Petlovac include following settlements:
*Petlovac
*
Baranjsko Petrovo Selo
*
Luč
*
Novi Bezdan
*
Novo Nevesinje
*
Sudaraž
*
Širine
Širine ( hu, Braidaföld) is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Petlovac municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 58 people.
History
Širine has existed as part of the s ...
*
Torjanci
*
Zeleno Polje
Petlovac (settlement)
History
Till 1991. part of settlement was
Zeleno Polje which is now independent settlement.
Population
Ethnic composition, 1991. census
Austria-Hungary 1910. census
*
''In 1910. census together with settlement Zeleno Polje''.
References
Literature
* Book: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880–1991: po naseljima, autor: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998., , ;
Populated places in Osijek-Baranja County
Municipalities of Croatia
Baranya (region)
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