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Country
  
Croatia

County
  
Vukovar-Srijem

Postal code
  
32238

Area code
  
32

Region
  
Syrmia (Podunavlje)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Sunday 8:47 PM

Tompojevci

Population (2011)
  
309 (1,561 in municipality)

Weather
  
17°C, Wind NE at 10 km/h, 37% Humidity

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Tompojevci (Rusyn: томпоєвци) is a village and municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in Croatia. According to the 2011 census, there are 1,565 inhabitants in the municipality.

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Map of 32238, Tompojevci, Croatia

The municipality encompasses the Jelaš Forest, where a mass grave containing six bodies and three individual graves of people killed during the Croatian War of Independence were found. As of October 2013 four of the bodies remain unidentified, while the rest were Croatian National Guard soldiers and civilians. A memorial was built at the site in 2013.

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Demographics

Ethnic groups in the municipality include (2011 census):

  • 61.73% Croats
  • 17.38% Rusyns
  • 10.48% Serbs
  • 9.01% Hungarians
  • Inhabited places

    Municipality contains the villages of Berak, Bokšić, Čakovci, Grabovo, Mikluševci and Tompojevci.

    Politics

    Mayor of the municipality is Tomislav Panenić.

    Languages

    In the Municipality of Tompojevci for the territory of the settlement of Mikluševci, where Rusyns make up the majority of the population (of the total of 486 inhabitants 359 are Rusyns), equal use of the Rusyn language has been introduced by the Statute of the Municipality of Tompojevci, and for the settlement of Čakovci in the same Municipality, where Hungarians make up the majority of the population, equal use of the Hungarian language and script has been introduced.

    References

    Tompojevci Wikipedia