Petrijevci
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Petrijevci | |
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Municipality of Petrijevci Općina Petrijevci | |
Coordinates: 45°36′57″N 18°32′28″E / 45.61583°N 18.54111°E | |
Country | Croatia |
County | Osijek-Baranja |
Government | |
• Municipal mayor | Ivo Zelić (HDZ) |
Area | |
• Total | 55.6 km2 (21.5 sq mi) |
Elevation | 93 m (305 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,870 |
• Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 31208 Petrijevci |
Area code | 031 |
Website | www |
Petrijevci is a municipality in Slavonia, in the Osijek-Baranja County of northeastern Croatia. There are 2439 inhabitants, of which 97.39% are Croats (2011 census).[1]
Name
The name of the village in Croatian is in the plural, and therefore it is grammatically correct to refer to it as "Petrijevci are" instead of "Petrijevci is". A hypothetical singular version of the name would be Petrijevac.
History
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Petrijevci was part of the Virovitica County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.
References
- ^ "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.
External links
- Official website (in Croatian)
45°37′N 18°32′E / 45.617°N 18.533°E