Bilje ( hu, Bellye) is a municipality in the
Baranja region of
Osijek-Baranja County
Osijek-Baranja County (, hr, Osječko-baranjska županija, hu, Eszék-Baranya megye) is a county in Croatia, located in northeastern Slavonia and Baranja. Its center is Osijek. Other towns include Đakovo, Našice, Valpovo, Belišće, and B ...
, in north-eastern
Croatia
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. It is 5 km northeast of
Osijek, on the edge of the
Kopački Rit nature park.
Name
Its name derived from the Slavic word "bilje" ("herb" in English). In
German
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the village is known as ''Belje'', in
Hungarian as ''Bellye'',
and in
Serbian Cyrillic
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as Биље. The area occupied by the
municipality
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of Bilje is 260.15 km².
Geography
The municipality of Bilje include following settlements and population (2011 census):
*Bilje - 3,613
*
Kopačevo - 559
*
Kozjak - 69
*
Lug - 764
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Podunavlje
Podunavlje ( sr-Cyrl, Подунавље) is the name of the Danube river basin parts located in Serbia (Vojvodina, Belgrade and Eastern Serbia) and Croatia (Slavonia, Syrmia, and Baranya). Podunavlje is located on the southern edge of Pannoni ...
- 1
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Tikveš - 10
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Vardarac - 630
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Zlatna Greda - 5
Demographics
There are 5,642 inhabitants in the municipality (2011 census),
including:
*62.87%
Croats
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*29.62%
Hungarians
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*3.83%
Serbs
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The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
*1.05%
Germans
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*0.71%
Romani
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Ethnicities
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History
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Bilje was part of the
Baranya County
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of the
Kingdom of Hungary
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.
References
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Municipalities of Osijek-Baranja County
Baranya (region)
Hungarian-speaking territorial units in Croatia