Davor, Croatia
Davor, Croatia | |
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| Coordinates: 45°07′N 17°31′E / 45.117°N 17.517°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Brod-Posavina County |
| Area | |
• City | 42.7 km2 (16.5 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 22.1 km2 (8.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• City | 2,529 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,025 |
| • Urban density | 92/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Website | davor |
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]- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Davor". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Lončarić, Mijo (1977). "Imenovanja i preimenovanja naseljenih mjesta". Jezik (in Croatian). 25 (4).
- ^ PSD (18 November 2011). "Kako su Sratok, Krmčina, Zlosela, Svinjar... dobili milozvučnija imena". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian).
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