Petlovac ( hu, Baranyaszentistván, ger, Sanktivan, sr-Cyrl, Петловац) is a village and municipality in the western part of Baranja, which comprise the northern part of

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in Croatia. Petlovac is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the

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. Until the end of

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, the majority of the Inhabitants was

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in 1945-1948, about the

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Name

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

Municipality of Petlovac

Population

Municipality of Petlovac has 2,405 inhabitants (2011 census), including

*73.22%

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, G ...

*13.72%

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...

*5.07%

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

*4.53%

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...

Geography

It is located between border with

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in the north-west, Baranja municipalities of

Beli Manastir Beli Manastir is a town in eastern Croatia. It is the principal town of the Croatian part of Baranja, located in the Osijek-Baranja County. Name The name means "white monastery" in Serbo-Croatian. Originally called Monoštor, the current name w ...

and

Jagodnjak Jagodnjak ((Croatian and Serbian pronunciation: ) sr-cyrl, Јагодњак, hu, Kácsfalu, german: Katschfeld) is a village and a municipality in the Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. Landscape of the Jagodnjak Municipality is marked by the Drav ...

in the east and

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region in the south-west. The municipality of Petlovac include following settlements: *Petlovac * Baranjsko Petrovo Selo *

Luč Luč ( hu, Lőcs), (german: Lutsch)is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Petlovac municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 435 people. Until the end of World War II, the maj ...

* Novi Bezdan * Novo Nevesinje * Sudaraž *

Širine Širine ( hu, Braidaföld) is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Petlovac municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 58 people. History Širine has existed as part of the s ...

* Torjanci *

Zeleno Polje Zeleno Polje ( hu, Szentistvánpuszta, sr-Cyrl, Зелено Поље) is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Petlovac municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 43 people. H ...

Petlovac (settlement)

History

Till 1991. part of settlement was

which is now independent settlement.

Population

Ethnic composition, 1991. census

Austria-Hungary 1910. census

* ''In 1910. census together with settlement

''.

References

Literature

* Book: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880–1991: po naseljima, autor: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998., , ; Populated places in Osijek-Baranja County Municipalities of Croatia Baranya (region) {{OsijekBaranja-geo-stub