Grabovac Banski is a
village
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in central
Croatia
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, in the Town of
Petrinja
Petrinja () is a town in central Croatia near Sisak in the historic region of Banija, Banovina. It is administratively located in Sisak-Moslavina County.
On December 29, 2020, the town was 2020 Petrinja earthquake, hit by a strong earthquake wit ...
,
Sisak-Moslavina County
Sisak-Moslavina County () 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 the 2021 census, it is inhabited by 140, ...
. It is connected by the
D30 highway.
History
On 23 July 1941, the first armed action by the antifascist
partisans
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* Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line
** Francs-tireurs et partisans, communist-led French anti-fascist resistance against Nazi Germany during WWII
** Itali ...
in the
Banija
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region, and in Croatia, was conducted in Banski Grabovac, under the leadership of
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* , a masculine given name
* Vasilj (surname)
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. In
Ustaša reprisals against the civilian population that followed shortly after, about 1200 civilians were killed in the
Banski Grabovac massacre. There are two monuments in this area: the Monument of the Uprising and the Monument to the Victims of Fascism, by
Petar Salopek, featuring the lyrics of Croatian poet
Jure Kaštelan.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census,
the village of Grabovac Banski has 200 inhabitants, representing 36.23% of its pre-
war
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population according to the 1991 census.
Per 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
Serbs
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(486/552), 4.71% were ethnic
Croats
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(26/552), 5.62% were
Yugoslavs
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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 the Monument to the Victims of Fascism, by
Petar Salopek, featuring the lyrics of Croatian poet
Jure Kaštelan.
Notable people
References
Populated places in Sisak-Moslavina County
Serb communities in Croatia
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