Davor, Croatia

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.

Davor, Croatia
Davor, Croatia is located in Croatia
Davor, Croatia
Coordinates: 45°07′N 17°31′E
Country Croatia
County Brod-Posavina County

There are a total 3,015 inhabitants in the municipality, in the following settlements:[1]

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

An absolute majority are Croats (2011 census).[2]

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.[3][4]

References
  1. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Davor". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  2. "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.
  3. Lončarić, Mijo (1977). "Imenovanja i preimenovanja naseljenih mjesta". Jezik (in Croatian). 25 (4).
  4. PSD (18 November 2011). "Kako su Sratok, Krmčina, Zlosela, Svinjar... dobili milozvučnija imena". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian).
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