Ernestinovo
Ernestinovo | |
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Coordinates: 45°27′N 18°40′E / 45.45°N 18.66°E | |
Country | Croatia |
County | Osijek-Baranja |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,189 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
Ernestinovo (German: Ernestinenhof) is a municipality in Osijek-Baranja county, Croatia.
There are a total of 2,189 inhabitants, 78% of whom are Croats, 19% are Hungarians, and 7% are Serbs.[1] The municipality consists of the settlements of Divoš (pop. 63), Ernestinovo (pop. 1,047), and Laslovo (pop. 1,079).[2]
Ernestinovo also has some people of German descent, although most of the German inhabitants were expelled in 1944.[3]
North of Ernestinovo lies the major HEP Substation TS Ernestinovo, which was originally built in 1977 as the first 400 kV station in Croatia. It is connected with long-distance power lines to TS Tumbri/Žerjavinec (Zagreb) and Pécs, Hungary. It had been damaged in the Croatian War of Independence in 1991, but was fully repaired in 2004.[4] Bobota Canal passes next to the village.
Ernestinovo is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[5]
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.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Ernestinovo". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ http://www.opcina-ernestinovo.com/o-nama.html
- ^ "HEP history" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2010-04-03.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
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