Bokšić is a small
village
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south of
ÄŒakovci
ÄŒakovci (, ) is a Settlement (Croatia), village in the Tompojevci municipality in eastern Croatia.
Name
The name of the village in Croatian language, Croatian is plural.
History
The continuous human presence in village comes from the period o ...
in the municipality of
Tompojevci
Tompojevci (, Rusyn: Томпоєвци, sr-cyr, Томпојевци) is a village and municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in Croatia.
The village of Tompojevci was first mentioned in the 13th century, in Hungarian documents as Tomtele ...
.
The village of Bokšić began to be settled in 1941. Residents from the
vicinity
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of
Velika Gorica
Velika Gorica () is the largest and most populous city in Zagreb County, Croatia. According to the 2011 census, the city itself has a population of 31,341, and the municipality has a population of 63,517 inhabitants.
Velika Gorica is the centre ...
settled in Bokšić who were looking for fertile land, and in order to get a permit to move they had to be moral and exemplary citizens and pay all
tax
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obligations to the state. In the area of Bokšić, they cleared the
forest
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and built 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 ...
.
Sport
The village has a football team known as
NK Polet Boskic.
References
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Populated places in Vukovar-Srijem County