Cvelferija is a geographic region in

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n part of

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, in eastern Croatia. Villages in the region are Gunja, Vrbanja,

Soljani Soljani () are a village in Cvelferija in the southernmost part of Vukovar-Syrmia County. From the 2011 census the village had a population of 1241 inhabitants. Name The name of the village in Croatian is plural. History It was first mentio ...

, Strošinci,

Đurići Đurići is a village in eastern Croatia, located south of Drenovci. Name The name of the village in Croatian is plural. See also * Vukovar-Syrmia County *Cvelferija Cvelferija is a geographic region in Croatian part of Slavonia, in eastern C ...

Račinovci Račinovci is a village in eastern Croatia located southeast of Drenovci, by the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. The population is 700 (census 2011). Name The name of the village in Croatian is plural. Climate Since records began ...

Rajevo Selo Rajevo Selo is a Settlement (Croatia), village in eastern Croatia located west of Drenovci, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. The population is 658 (census 2021). The village lies next to the Sava river and the state border with Bosnia ...

Posavski Podgajci Posavski Podgajci is a Settlement (Croatia), village in eastern Croatia located west of Drenovci, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. The population is 1,255 (census 2011). Name The name of the village in Croatian language, Croatian is p ...

and

Drenovci Drenovci (, , , sr-Cyrl, Дреновци) is a village and municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in Croatia. The municipality is part of Slavonia. Population According to the 2011 census, there are 5,174 inhabitants, in the following s ...

, which are better known as “the heart of Cvelferija“. The name for the region comes from the

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word ''zwölf'' or twelve. Specifically, villages were part of the

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in the past, where they were part of the Twelfth Company of the Frontier. At that time this region was bordering the

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, while in the present the region borders

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(to the south) and

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(to the east). The whole region is administratively located within the

Vukovar-Srijem County Vukovar-Srijem County (), Vukovar-Sirmium County or Vukovar-Syrmia County, named after the eponymous town of Vukovar and the region of Syrmia, is the easternmost Croatian county. It includes the eastern parts of the region of Slavonia and the wes ...

, on its southern edge. Every year in one of these villages, the cultural event ' (in English: 'Singing Cvelferija') take place. The event is attended by folklore groups from Cvelferija and their guests.

Population

References

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