Davor, Croatia

Coordinates: 45°07′N 17°31′E / 45.117°N 17.517°E / 45.117; 17.517
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Davor, Croatia
Davor, Croatia is located in Croatia
Davor, Croatia
Coordinates: 45°07′N 17°31′E / 45.117°N 17.517°E / 45.117; 17.517
Country Croatia
County Brod-Posavina County
Area
 • City42.7 km2 (16.5 sq mi)
 • Urban
22.1 km2 (8.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • City2,529
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
 • Urban
2,025
 • Urban density92/km2 (240/sq mi)
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Davor is a village and a municipality in Brod-Posavina County. It is located about 40 km (25 mi) west of the city of Slavonski Brod, Croatia, on the left bank of the Sava river across Srbac.

There are a total 3,015 inhabitants in the municipality, in the following settlements:[3]

  • Davor, population 2,382
  • Orubica, population 633

An absolute majority are Croats (2011 census).[4]

Davor is the birthplace of Croatian football player Ivica Olić, writer Matija Antun Relković, and Bishop Antun Škvorčević.

The village was called Svinjar before 1896.[5][6]

References[edit]

  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, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Davor". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. ^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  5. ^ Lončarić, Mijo (1977). "Imenovanja i preimenovanja naseljenih mjesta". Jezik (in Croatian). 25 (4).
  6. ^ PSD (18 November 2011). "Kako su Sratok, Krmčina, Zlosela, Svinjar... dobili milozvučnija imena". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian).

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