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municipality within the

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Population

Ethnic composition, 1991. census

Austria-Hungary 1910. census

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* Book: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880–1991: po naseljima, autor: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998., , ;

Population

Ethnic composition, 1991. census

Austria-Hungary 1910. census

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Literature

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