Popovac (Hungarian: Baranyabán, Serbian Cyrillic: Поповац) is a village and municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. There are 2,084 inhabitants in the municipality (2011 census). Popovac is an underdeveloped municipality, which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[3]
Popovac | |
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 Popovac municipality within Osijek-Baranja County | |
  Popovac Location of Popovac in Croatia  Popovac Popovac (Croatia)  Popovac Popovac (Europe) | |
| Coordinates: 45°48′33.12″N 18°39′29.88″E / 45.8092000°N 18.6583000°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| Region | Baranya (Podunavlje) |
| County |  Osijek-Baranja |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Zoran Kontak |
| Area | |
| 62.4 km2 (24.1 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 27.6 km2 (10.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| 1,446 | |
| • Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 738 |
| • Urban density | 27/km2 (69/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 1 (Central European Time) |
| Website | popovac |
Until the end of World War II, the majority of the inhabitants was Danube Swabian, also called locally as Stifolder, because their ancestors arrived in the 17th and 18th centuries from Fulda (district).[4] Most of the former German settlers were expelled to Allied-occupied Germany and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945-1948, as a result of the Potsdam Agreement.[5]
Popovac is known for its fish festival (fišijada), which is organized in September every year. [6]
Name
editIts name derived from the Slavic word "pop" ("priest" in English). In Hungarian, the village is known as Baranyabán.
Demographics
editAs of 2011, ethnic groups in the municipality are:[7]
- 71.40% Croats
- 17.03% Serbs
- 3.89% Hungarians
- 1.54% Romani
- 1.39% Slovenians
Before World War II, almost 70% of the population of Popovac was made up of Danube Swabians. In November 1944, virtually the entire German population of the village was evacuated. They settled permanently in Göppingen.[8]
Politics
editMinority councils
editDirectly 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.[9] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members municipal minority councils of the Popovac Municipality.[10]
Geography
editPopovac is situated between border with Hungary in the north-west, municipality of Draž in the north-east, municipality of Kneževi Vinogradi in the south-east, and municipality of Beli Manastir in the south-west.
The municipality of Popovac includes the following settlements:[11]
History
editThe oldest known name of this place was "Antianae", which dating from the time of the Romans. In the 6th century, this area was settled by Slavs, who founded a village named "Ban".
Other
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There is an elementary school in Popovac with 169 students and teaching staff of 23.[12]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ Lovrinčević, Željko; Davor, Mikulić; Budak, Jelena (June 2004). "AREAS OF SPECIAL STATE CONCERN IN CROATIA- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS". Ekonomski pregled, Vol.55 No.5-6. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ https://www.feked.hu/etc/Stifolder_tortenet.pdf. [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Die Vertreibung – Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Ungarn". 15 January 2021.
- ^ "O Baranji". Visit Baranja (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Osijek-Baranja". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ "Popovac Ban Baranyabán" (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XIV. OSJEČKO-BARANJSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Popovac". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ "Osnovna škola Popovac - O školi".
External links
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