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Popovac is a village and municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. There are 2,084 inhabitants in the municipality (2011 census). Popovac is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[1]
Name
Its name derived from the Slavic word "pop" ("priest" in English). In Hungarian, the village is known as Baranyabán.
Demographics
As of 2011, ethnic groups in the municipality are:[2]
- 71.40% Croats
- 17.03% Serbs
- 3.89% Hungarians
- 1.54% Romani
- 1.39% Slovenians
Before World War II, almost 70% of the population of Popovac was made up of Danube Swabians. In November 1944, virtually the entire German population of the village was evacuated. They settled permanently in Göppingen.[3]
Geography
Popovac is situated between border with Hungary in the north-west, municipality of Draž in the north-east, municipality of Kneževi Vinogradi in the south-east, and municipality of Beli Manastir in the south-west.
The municipality of Popovac includes the following settlements:[4]
History
The oldest known name of this place was "Antianae", which dating from the time of the Romans. In the 6th century, this area was settled by Slavs, who founded a village named "Ban".
Other
There is an elementary school in Popovac with 169 students and teaching staff of 23.[5]
See also
References
External links
Vorlage:Popovac Municipality Vorlage:Osijek-Baranja County
Vorlage:OsijekBaranja-geo-stub
- ↑ Željko Lovrinčević, Mikulić Davor, Jelena Budak: AREAS OF SPECIAL STATE CONCERN IN CROATIA- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS. Ekonomski pregled, Vol.55 No.5-6. June 2004. Archiviert vom Original am 18 August 2018. Abgerufen im 25 August 2018.
- ↑ Vorlage:Croatian Census 2011
- ↑ Popovac Ban Baranyabán (german) Abgerufen im 30 October 2021.
- ↑ Referenzfehler: Ungültiges
<ref>-Tag; kein Text angegeben für Einzelnachweis mit dem Namen 2011 census. - ↑ http://www.os-popovac.skole.hr/skola
