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Tompojevci


FieldValue
official_nameTompojevci
native_name_langhr
settlement_typeMunicipality
image_skylineTompojevci 1.JPG
image_flagFlag of Tompojevci Municipality.gif
image_sealThe Coat of Arms of Tompojevci.gif
image_mapTompojevci.png
pushpin_mapCroatia Vukovar-Srijem County#Croatia#Europe
pushpin_mapsize200
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Croatia
pushpin_label_positionbottom
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCroatia
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Syrmia (Podunavlje)
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Vukovar-Srijem
seat_typeMunicipal seat
Largest settlement
seatTompojevci
Berak
government_footnotestags --
government_type
leader_partyHDZ
leader_titleMunicipal mayor
leader_nameMilan Grubač
area_footnotes
area_total_km272.4
area_urban_km217.4
population_footnotes
population_as_of2021
population_total1116
population_density_km2auto
population_urban227
population_density_urban_km2auto
timezoneCET
timezone_DSTCEST
utc_offset+1
utc_offset_DST+2
postal_code_typePostal code
postal_code32238
area_code_type
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registration_plateVU
website

Largest settlement

Berak

Tompojevci (, Rusyn: Томпоєвци, Томпојевци) is a village and municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in Croatia.

The village of Tompojevci was first mentioned in the 13th century, in Hungarian documents as Tomteleke. The Croatian name of the village, Tompojevci, appears for the first time in 1581. According to the population census from 1847, Tompojevci had 501 inhabitants, 492 Catholics and 9 Orthodox.

According to the 2011 census, there are 1,565 inhabitants in the municipality. With pronounced issue of population decline in eastern Croatia caused by population ageing, effects of the Croatian War of Independence and emigration after the accession of Croatia to the European Union, the population of the municipality dropped to 1,116 residents at the time of 2021 census.

The municipality encompasses the Jelaš Forest, where a mass grave containing six bodies and three individual graves of people killed during the Croatian War of Independence were found. four of the bodies remain unidentified, while the rest were Croatian National Guard soldiers and civilians. A memorial was built at the site in 2013.

Tompojevci is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.

Name

The name of the village in Croatian is plural.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in the municipality include (2011 census):

  • 61.73% Croats
  • 17.38% Rusyns
  • 10.48% Serbs
  • 9.01% Hungarians

Inhabited places

Municipality contains the villages of Berak, Bokšić, Čakovci, Grabovo, Mikluševci and Tompojevci.

SettlementPopulation
Berak386
Bokšić126
Čakovci366
Grabovo47
Mikluševci375
Tompojevci309

Politics

Mayor of the municipality is Tomislav Panenić.

Minority councils

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs. At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Hungarians, Pannonian Rusyns and Serbs of Croatia each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Tompojevci Municipality.

Languages

thumbnail|bilingual plate on Hungarian House in Čakovci In the Municipality of Tompojevci for the territory of the settlement of Mikluševci, where Rusyns make up the majority of the population (of the total of 486 inhabitants 359 are Rusyns), equal use of the Rusyn language has been introduced by the Statute of the Municipality of Tompojevci, and for the settlement of Čakovci in the same Municipality, where Hungarians make up the majority of the population, equal use of the Hungarian language and script has been introduced.

References

References

  1. {{Cite Q. Q119585703
  2. {{Croatian Census 2021. S
  3. "Naselja Općine – Općina Tompojevci".
  4. {{Croatian Census 2011. S. 16. 4561
  5. (14 October 2013). "U Sotinu pokopano 11 žrtava iz masovne grobnice". [[Croatian Radiotelevision]].
  6. (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.
  7. {{Croatian Census 2011. E. 16
  8. (13 March 2023). "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". [[T-portal]].
  9. (2023). "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XVI. VUKOVARSKO-SRIJEMSKA ŽUPANIJA". Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske.
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