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Brodski Varoš
Village
Brodski Varoš is located in Croatia
Brodski Varoš
Brodski Varoš
Coordinates: 45°11′24″N 18°1′37″E / 45.19000°N 18.02694°E / 45.19000; 18.02694
Country Croatia
CountyBrod-Posavina County
MunicipalitySlavonski Brod
Area
 • Total7.6 km2 (2.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total1,829
 • Density240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Brodski Varoš is a village in municipality of Slavonski Brod in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia. The town is notable for being the birthplace of Đuro Đaković, a prominent labor rights activist and communist revolutionary in Yugoslavia between two World Wars. More recently, Brodski Varoš has gained attention as the residence of Klepetan and Malena, a mating pair of storks whose relationship was covered by the media, raising public interest in the lives of migratory birds.[3]

History

Brodski Varoš was settled by German Protestants in the 1800s.

References

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ "Klepetan and Malena – Croatia's most Unusual Love Story". www.total-croatia-news.com. Retrieved 2019-12-27.