Čeminac
Čeminac | |
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| Municipality of Čeminac Općina Čeminac | |
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 Map of Čeminac municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County | |
  Čeminac Location in Croatia  Čeminac Čeminac (Croatia)  Čeminac Čeminac (Europe) | |
| Coordinates: 45°41′11″N 18°40′3″E / 45.68639°N 18.66750°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| Region | Baranya (Podunavlje) |
| County |  Osijek-Baranja |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Damir Rešetar |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 61.4 km2 (23.7 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 22.1 km2 (8.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Municipality | 2,484 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 865 |
| • Urban density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | ceminac |
Čeminac (Hungarian: Laskafalu, Serbian Cyrillic: Чеминац, German: Laschkafeld) is a village and municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. As of 2021, there were 2,856 inhabitants in the municipality. Čeminac is an underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[3]
Geography[edit]
Čeminac is located in the central part of Croatian Baranja and it is surrounded by the municipalities of: Jagodnjak, Beli Manastir, Kneževi Vinogradi, Bilje, and Darda.
The municipality of Čeminac includes the following settlements:
- Čeminac
- Grabovac
- Kozarac
- Mitrovac
- Novi Čeminac
History[edit]
This Village was established by the Danube Swabians (Schwowe) in 1720 from Fulda and Eisfeld, locally also called Stifolder.[4] The Čeminac area was home to a sizeable Danube Swabians population before the end of World War II.[5] With the Red Army's crossing of the Danube at Batina most of these Germans left, and their property was confiscated by Communist Yugoslavia's government.[5]
Demographics[edit]
There are 3,500 inhabitants in 1,100 households living in the area of Čeminac. [6]
Ethnic groups in the municipality (2011 census):[7]
- 88.24% Croats
- 5.91% Serbs
- 3.09% Hungarians
- 0.93% Germans
Politics[edit]
Minority councils[edit]
Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting the local or regional authorities, advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.[8] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Hungarians and Serbs of Croatia each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members municipal minority councils of the Čeminac Municipality but the elections were not held for either one of them due to the lack of candidates.[9]
Coat of arms[edit]
The coat of arms of Čeminac is Azure a Lion rampant double-queued Or holding a Plough-share Argent.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ Lovrinčević, Željko; Davor, Mikulić; Budak, Jelena (June 2004). "AREAS OF SPECIAL STATE CONCERN IN CROATIA- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS". Ekonomski pregled, Vol.55 No.5-6. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ Wild, Katharina (2011). "Die deutschen Dialekte im Baranyaer Dreieck // German Dialects in the Baranya Triangle". Zagreber germanistische Beiträge (in German). 20 (1). Odsjek za germanistiku Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu: 151–163.
- ^ a b "Kozarac - Čeminac Municipality". Archived from the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
- ^ "O Baranji". Visit Baranja (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Osijek-Baranja". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XIV. OSJEČKO-BARANJSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 20. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Čeminac (Municipality, Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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