Davor 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
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 ...
. It is located about west of the city of
Slavonski Brod
Slavonski Brod (, ), commonly shortened to simply Brod, is a city in eastern Croatia, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Being one of the principal cities in the historical regions of Slavonia and Posavina, Slavonski Brod is the 7th lar ...
,
Croatia
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, on the left bank of the
Sava
The Sava, is a river in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. From its source in Slovenia it flows through Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally reac ...
river across
Srbac.
The village was called Svinjar before 1896.
Demographics
In 2021, the municipality had 2,529 residents in the following settlements:
*Davor, population 2,025
*
Orubica, population 504
An absolute majority are
Croats
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(2011 census).
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Davor include:
*
Ivica Olić (b. 14 September 1979), football player
*
Matija Antun Relković (6 January 1732 – 22 January 1798), writer
*
Antun Škvorčević (b. 8 May 1947), bishop
References
External links
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Municipalities of Croatia
Populated places in Brod-Posavina County
Bosnia and Herzegovina–Croatia border crossings
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