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Country
  
Croatia

Elevation
  
90 m (300 ft)

Postal codes
  
31321 Petlovac

Area
  
93 km²

County
  
Osijek-Baranja

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area code(s)
  
(+385) 31

Local time
  
Tuesday 8:02 AM

Petlovac

Weather
  
3°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 63% Humidity

Petlovac (Hungarian: Baranyaszentistván, German: Sankt Stefan) is a village and municipality in the western part of Baranja, which comprise the northern part of Osijek-Baranja County in Croatia.

Contents

Map of Petlovac, Croatia

Name

Its name derived from the word "petao" (which means "rooster" in English).

Population

Population data graph 1857.-2011.

Municipality of Petlovac has 2,405 inhabitants (2011 census), including: [1]

  • 73.22% Croats
  • 13.72% Hungarians
  • 5.07% Serbs
  • 4.53% Romani

    • Geography

    It is located between border with Hungary in the north-west, Baranja municipalities of Beli Manastir and Jagodnjak in the east and Slavonia region in the south-west.

    The municipality of Petlovac include following settlements:

  • Petlovac
  • Baranjsko Petrovo Selo
  • Luč
  • Novi Bezdan
  • Novo Nevesinje
  • Sudaraž
  • Širine
  • Torjanci
  • Zeleno Polje

    • History

    Till 1991. part of settlement was Zeleno Polje which is now independent settlement.

    Population

    Population data graph 1857.-2011.

    Austria-Hungary 1910. census

  • In 1910. census together with settlement Zeleno Polje.

    • Literature

  • Book: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880–1991: po naseljima, autor: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998., ISBN 953-6667-07-X, ISBN 978-953-6667-07-9;

    • References

    Petlovac Wikipedia
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