Stari Jankovci

Stari Jankovci (Serbian Cyrillic: Стари Јанковци, Hungarian: Ivanóc) is a village and a municipality in Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia

Stari Jankovci
Municipality
Villages of the Municipality of Stari Jankovci
Flag of Stari Jankovci
Flag
Official seal of Stari Jankovci
Seal
Location of Stari Jankovci
Stari Jankovci is located in Vukovar-Syrmia County
Stari Jankovci
Stari Jankovci
Location in Croatia
Stari Jankovci is located in Croatia
Stari Jankovci
Stari Jankovci
Stari Jankovci (Croatia)
Stari Jankovci is located in Europe
Stari Jankovci
Stari Jankovci
Stari Jankovci (Europe)
Coordinates: 45°16′N 18°55′E
Country Croatia
RegionSyrmia (Podunavlje)
County Vukovar-Syrmia
Government
 • Municipal mayorIvo Lozić (HDZ)[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total95.55 km2 (36.89 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total4,405
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
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Area code32
Vehicle registrationVK
Websiteo-jankovci.hr

The village is located to the northeast of the Vinkovci-Tovarnik-Šid main railway route. The village is connected with the rest of the country by the D46 state road connecting it with the town of Vinkovci and continuing into Serbia as the State Road 120 to the nearest town of Šid.

Population

The population is distributed in the following settlements:[3]

The total municipality population was 5,216 in 2001, with 69.50% Croats, 23.24% Serbs and 5.06% Hungarians.

History

During the Croatian War of Independence, the village was occupied by the rebel Serbs in 1991. The parish church of Blessed Virgin Mary, built in 1780 with a notable Baroque-Classical main altar, was severely damaged.

Stari Jankovci is an underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[4]

Name

The name Stari Jankovci means Old Jankovci, while to the southwest there is a smaller village of Novi Jankovci, meaning New Jankovci.

The name of the village in Croatian is plural.

History

Traces of continuous human settlement at the area of the municipality are investigated at two prehistoric settlements and one necropolis, one archaeological site from antiquity and medieval necropolis "Balkan".[2] In the area of Jankovci, there was a larger estate whose owner was the nobleman Herka around 1260, and after him duke Pavle Gorjanski. The Turks ruled the Jankovci area from 1526 to 1688. After the departure of the Turks, the Jankovci were part of the Vukovar Manor until 1945 and belonged to civilian Croatia. [5]

Municipality government

The municipality assembly is composed of 15 representatives. As of 2009, the member parties/lists are:[1]

  Party Number of votes Number of seats
  Croatian Democratic Union 611 5
  Independent Democratic Serb Party 433 3
  Croatian Peasant Party 356 3
  Independent municipal list-Tado Antukić 291 2
  Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja 132 1
  Croatian Party of Rights 115 1

See also

References
  1. "Informacija o rezultatima izbora članova predstavničkih tijela jedinica lokalne i područne (regionalne) samouprave" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
  2. "Općine na područjima posebne državne skrbi Republike Hrvatske" (PDF). Croatian Chamber of Economy. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Stari Jankovci". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. 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.
  5. "Stari Jankovci". o-jankovci.hr. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
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