Đeletovci () is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the municipality of Nijemci within the

Vukovar-Syrmia County Vukovar-Srijem County (), Vukovar-Sirmium County or Vukovar-Syrmia County, named after the eponymous town of Vukovar and the region of Syrmia, is the easternmost Croatian Counties of Croatia, county. It includes the eastern parts of the region of ...

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

. It had a population of 511 people in the 2011 census. The village is located on the Zagreb-Belgrade Railway and the D57 road. The village is best known for oil and natural gas fields located in the vicinity owned by INA. The village is inhabited mostly Catholic

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

Name

The name of the village in Croatian is plural.

History

Đeletovci was occupied by Yugoslavian army and by Republic of Serb Krajina forces on October 1, 1991.Mještani Ðeletovaca i Vinkovačkih Banovaca nakon vijesti o uhićenju pripadnika srpske specijalne postrojbe
/ref> The village was integrated into the rebel Republic of Serb Krajina during the

Yugoslav Wars The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related#Naimark, Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and Insurgency, insurgencies that took place from 1991 to 2001 in what had been the Socialist Federal Republic of ...

. The Scorpions paramilitary controlled the village during the war and remained there until 1996 when the

United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium The United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) was a United Nations, UN peacebuilding Provisional government, transitional administration in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmi ...

took control of the area. In 1998, the area was reintegrated into the Republic of Croatia. During the war, Serb forces evicted 900 inhabitants of the village. By 2011 there were 511 people in the village.

Culture

The village has a cultural association KUD Grančica. The association was founded in 1965.Večer folklora u srcu Paga
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Deletovci Populated places in Vukovar-Srijem County Populated places in Syrmia

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