Markušica

Updated on Dec 08, 2024

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Country Croatia County Vukovar-Srijem Official languages Croatian, Serbian Local time Monday 12:27 PM		Region Slavonia Time zone CET (UTC+1) Website www.markusica.hr

Weather 10°C, Wind NW at 14 km/h, 53% Humidity

Markušica (Hungarian: Márkusfalva, Serbian Cyrillic: Маркушица) is a village and a municipality in Vukovar-Srijem County, Croatia.

Map of Marku%C5%A1ica, Croatia

Geography

The municipality has a total area of 74.29 km². River Vuka flows through the municipality and territory of the municipality is completely flat very fertile black soil. It is connected by D518 highway with rest of country.

Population

There are 2 555 inhabitants, the majority of the population which are Serbs, who make up 90.10% of the population according to the 2001 population census.

Languages

Due to the local minority population, the Markušica municipality prescribe the use of not only Croatian as the official language, but the Serbian language and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet as well.

Multilateral cooperation

Markušica municipality is one of seven member municipalities of Joint Council of Municipalities, inter-municipal sui generis organization of Serbian community in eastern Croatia.

Municipality government

The municipality assembly is composed of 13 representatives plus additional seats for municipality minority groups if they don't get proportional number of seats. As of 2013, the member parties/lists are:

Economy

Markušica development index is less than 50% of the Croatian average, which classifies them into 10% of the poorest municipalities. Therefore, the municipality is part of the Areas of Special State Concern.

Points of Interest

Markušica Municipality is famous for a monument dedicated to a soldier killed in World War II. The village has a unique monument to a female Soviet pilot from the Red Army, who fought against the Nazis and whose plane was shot down here. The village also has an Orthodox Church from 1810, which was damaged in the war in Croatia.