Cernik 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 ...
and a municipality in the
Brod-Posavina County
Brod-Posavina County () is the southern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its center is the city of Slavonski Brod and it spreads along the left bank of the Sava river, hence the name '' Posavina''. Other notable towns include Nova Gradiška.
Geograp ...
. In 2011, the municipality had 3,640 inhabitants.
It was ruled by the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
between 1536 and 1691 and was the ultimate centre of the
Sanjak of Pakrac until the Austrian conquest.
Demographics
In 2021, the municipality had 2,964 residents in the following 11 settlements:
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Baćin Dol, population 302
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Banićevac, population 152
*Cernik, population 1,426
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Giletinci, population 189
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Golobrdac, population 0
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Opatovac, population 282
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Opršinac, population 0
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Podvrško
Podvrško is a village in the municipality of Cernik in the west part of Brod-Posavina County
Brod-Posavina County () is the southern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its center is the city of Slavonski Brod and it spreads along the left bank of t ...
, population 230
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Sinlije, population 0
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Šagovina Cernička, population 206
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Šumetlica, population 177
References
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Municipalities of Croatia
Populated places in Brod-Posavina County
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