Čepin (; ; sr-Cyrl, Чепин) is a village and a municipality in

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. It is located in northeast

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, 10 kilometers southwest of

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. Čepin, with its 11,599 inhabitants at the 2011 census, is now included in

built-up area. The majority of the population is

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at 93.8%. Minorities include

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and

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. There is also an airport, used exclusively for sport and private flying purposes (Sport Airport Čepin).

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Čepin was part of the

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of the

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Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the Municipality of Čepin had 11,599 inhabitants, making it the third largest municipality in Croatia and largest in

by population. The village of Čepin itself, with 9,500 inhabitants, is the largest settlement in Croatia which doesn't have a town status (excluding

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), hence sometimes being called the "biggest village in Croatia". In 2011, the following villages comprised the Čepin municipality: * Beketinci - 613 *Čepin - 9,500 * Čepinski Martinci - 663 * Čokadinci - 173 * Livana - 650 The village of Ovčara, which had a population of 1,066 in the 2001 census, was abolished and merged with the settlement of Čepin in 2005. The villages of Čepinski Martinci, Čokadinci, and Livana were established as a colonist settlement during the

land reform in interwar Yugoslavia The land reform in interwar Yugoslavia was a process of redistribution of agricultural land in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed Yugoslavia in 1929) carried out in the interwar period. The reform's proclaimed social ideal was ...

Politics

Minority councils

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs. At the

2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections The 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections () were held on 7 May in certain regional (counties) and local administrative units (municipalities and towns & cities). Background Elections were announced in Nar ...

Serbs of Croatia The Serbs of Croatia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Срби у Хрватској, Srbi u Hrvatskoj) or Croatian Serbs ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Хрватски Срби, Hrvatski Srbi) constitute the largest national minority in C ...

fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members municipal minority councils of the Čepin Municipality but the elections were not held due to the lack of candidates.

Notable people

Svemir Đorđić Svemir Đorđić (; born 16 May 1948) is a Yugoslav former footballer who played as a midfielder. Career After spending two seasons with Vojvodina, Đorđić was transferred to Partizan in 1968. He remained with the club for eight years, making ...

References

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External links

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