Petlovac

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Petlovac

| official_name = Municipality of Petlovac
Općina Petlovac

| native_name =

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Petlovac_zapad.JPG

| image_caption =

| image_flag = Petlovac Flag.gif

| flag_size = 120px

| image_shield = Coat of Arms of Petlovac.gif

| shield_size =

| pushpin_map = Croatia Osijek-Baranja County#Croatia#Europe

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Petlovac in Croatia

| pushpin_label = Petlovac

| coordinates = {{coord|45|45|31|N|18|31|41|E|region:HR|display=inline}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Croatia}}

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Osijek-Baranja}}

| subdivision_type2 =

| subdivision_name2 =

| leader_title = Municipal mayor

| leader_name = Milan Knežević

| area_footnotes = {{Cite Q|Q119585703|mode=cs1}}

| area_total_km2 = 93.6

| area_urban_km2 = 17.6

| elevation_m = 90

| population_footnotes = {{Croatian Census 2021|S}}

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_total = 1874

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_urban = 532

| population_density_urban_km2 = auto

| population_metro =

| population_note =

| timezone = CET

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset = +1

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal codes

| postal_code = 31321 Petlovac

| area_code = (+385) 31

| website = {{URL|petlovac.hr}}

| notes =

}}

Petlovac ({{langx|hu|Baranyaszentistván}}, {{langx|de|Sanktivan}}, {{lang-sr-Cyrl|Петловац}}){{cite web |url=http://www.nipp.hr/UserDocsImages/Registar%20geografska%20imena%20nacionalnih%20manjina%20RH.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-03-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211333/http://www.nipp.hr/UserDocsImages/Registar%20geografska%20imena%20nacionalnih%20manjina%20RH.pdf |archivedate=29 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }} is a village and municipality in the western part of Baranja, which comprise the northern part of Osijek-Baranja County in Croatia. Petlovac is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.{{cite web |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?id_clanak_jezik=24709&show=clanak |last1=Lovrinčević |first1=Željko |last2=Davor |first2=Mikulić |last3=Budak |first3=Jelena |publisher=Ekonomski pregled, Vol.55 No.5-6 |title=AREAS OF SPECIAL STATE CONCERN IN CROATIA- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS |date=June 2004 |accessdate=25 August 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818150557/https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?id_clanak_jezik=24709&show=clanak |archive-date=18 August 2018 }}

Until the end of World War II, the majority of the inhabitants was Danube Swabian, also called locally as Stifolder, because their ancestors arrived in the 17th and 18th centuries from Fulda (district).{{Cite web |title=Stifolder Tortenet |url=https://www.feked.hu/etc/Stifolder_tortenet.pdf}} Most of the former German settlers were expelled to Allied-occupied Germany and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945-1948, as a result of the Potsdam Agreement.{{Cite web|url=https://ldu-online.de/die-vertreibung|title = Die Vertreibung – Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Ungarn}}

Name

Its name derived from the word "petao" (which means "rooster" in English). The village had different names in history. During Hungarian rule, it was called Sent Ištvan (Saint Stephen), and German settlers named it Blumendorf, which means Village of Flowers.{{Cite web |title=O Baranji |url=https://tzbaranje.hr/o-baranji/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Visit Baranja |language=hr}}

Municipality of Petlovac

=Population=

{{Kretanje broja stanovnika

|naslov = Population data graph 1857.-2011.[http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv/pxweb2003/database/Naselja%20i%20stanovnistvo%20Republike%20Hrvatske/Naselja%20i%20stanovnistvo%20Republike%20Hrvatske.asp Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001., www.dzs.hr]

|dimx =

|dimy =

|stanmax = 6000

|crta1 = 1000

|crta2 = 200

|a1 = 1857

|a2 = 1869

|a3 = 1880

|a4 = 1890

|a5 = 1900

|a6 = 1910

|a7 = 1921

|a8 = 1931

|a9 = 1948

|a10 = 1953

|a11 = 1961

|a12 = 1971

|a13 = 1981

|a14 = 1991

|a15 = 2001

|a16 = 2011

|p1 = 3734

|p2 = 4328

|p3 = 4181

|p4 = 4294

|p5 = 4784

|p6 = 4803

|p7 = 4605

|p8 = 4765

|p9 = 5607

|p10 = 5153

|p11 = 5303

|p12 = 4930

|p13 = 3949

|p14 = 3785

|p15 = 2743

|p16 = 2405

|izvor = Državni zavod za statistiku

}}

Municipality of Petlovac has 2,405 inhabitants (2011 census), including: [http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv/censuses/census2011/results/htm/H01_01_04/H01_01_04_zup14.html]

73.22% Croats
13.72% Hungarians
5.07% Serbs
4.53% Romani

=Geography=

It is located between border with Hungary in the north-west, Baranja municipalities of Beli Manastir and Jagodnjak in the east and Slavonia region in the south-west.

The municipality of Petlovac include following settlements:

Politics

=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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/clanak/manjinski-izbori-prve-nedjelje-u-svibnju-krecu-i-edukacije-20230313 |title=Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije |date= 13 March 2023 |author= |publisher=T-portal |access-date=2 May 2023}} At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Hungarians, Roma and Serbs of Croatia each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members municipal minority councils of the Petlovac Municipality but the elections for Serb council were not held due to the lack of candidates.{{cite web|url=https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2023/Manjinski%20izbori%202023/Rezultati/Z14_OSJECKO_BARANJSKA_ZUPANIJA.pdf | title=Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XIV. OSJEČKO-BARANJSKA ŽUPANIJA | date=2023 | author= | publisher=Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske | page=34 | language=hr | format=PDF | access-date=3 June 2023}}

Petlovac (settlement)

=History=

Till 1991. part of settlement was Zeleno Polje which is now independent settlement.

=Population=

{{Kretanje broja stanovnika

|naslov = Population data graph 1857.-2011.[http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv/pxweb2003/database/Naselja%20i%20stanovnistvo%20Republike%20Hrvatske/Naselja%20i%20stanovnistvo%20Republike%20Hrvatske.asp Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001., www.dzs.hr]

|dimx =

|dimy =

|stanmax = 1300

|crta1 = 100

|crta2 = 50

|a1 = 1857

|a2 = 1869

|a3 = 1880

|a4 = 1890

|a5 = 1900

|a6 = 1910

|a7 = 1921

|a8 = 1931

|a9 = 1948

|a10 = 1953

|a11 = 1961

|a12 = 1971

|a13 = 1981

|a14 = 1991

|a15 = 2001

|a16 = 2011

|p1 = 820

|p2 = 864

|p3 = 846

|p4 = 882

|p5 = 927

|p6 = 962

|p7 = 1196

|p8 = 1244

|p9 = 869

|p10 = 906

|p11 = 1167

|p12 = 1000

|p13 = 940

|p14 = 1012

|p15 = 801

|p16 = 714

|izvor = Državni zavod za statistiku

}}

=Ethnic composition, 1991. census=

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colspan="1" \| Petlovac
1991
{{Pie chart \| caption=total: 1,012 \| label1 = Croats 843 \| value1 = 83.30 \| color1 = #4169E1 \| label2 = Serbs 51 \| value2 = 5.03 \| color2 = #FF0000 \| label3 = Yugoslavs 37 \| value3 = 3.65 \| color3 = #C71585 \| label4 = Hungarians 25 \| value4 = 2.47 \| color4 = #665D1E \| label5 = Slovenes 11 \| value5 = 1.08 \| color5 = #FF55A3 \| label6 = Montenegrins 7 \| value6 = 0.69 \| color6 = #C19A6B \| label7 = Germans 5 \| value7 = 0.49 \| color7 = #BDB76B \| label8 = ethnic Muslims 1 \| value8 = 0.09 \| color8 = #228B22 \| label9 = ethnically undeclared 15 \| value9 = 1.48 \| color9 = #C154C1 \| label10 = unknown 17 \| value10 = 1.67 \| color10 = #A2A2D0 }}

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colspan="1" | Petlovac

1991

{{Pie chart

| caption=total: 1,012

| label1 = Croats 843

| value1 = 83.30

| color1 = #4169E1

| label2 = Serbs 51

| value2 = 5.03

| color2 = #FF0000

| label3 = Yugoslavs 37

| value3 = 3.65

| color3 = #C71585

| label4 = Hungarians 25

| value4 = 2.47

| color4 = #665D1E

| label5 = Slovenes 11

| value5 = 1.08

| color5 = #FF55A3

| label6 = Montenegrins 7

| value6 = 0.69

| color6 = #C19A6B

| label7 = Germans 5

| value7 = 0.49

| color7 = #BDB76B

| label8 = ethnic Muslims 1

| value8 = 0.09

| color8 = #228B22

| label9 = ethnically undeclared 15

| value9 = 1.48

| color9 = #C154C1

| label10 = unknown 17

| value10 = 1.67

| color10 = #A2A2D0

}}

Austria-Hungary 1910. census

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colspan="2" \| Petlovac
Population by ethnicity	Population by religion
{{Pie chart \| caption=total: 962 \| label1 = Germans 927 \| value1 = 96.36 \| color1 = #BDB76B \| label2 = Hungarians 28 \| value2 = 2.91 \| color2 = #665D1E \| label3 = Serbs 4 \| value3 = 0.41 \| color3 = #FF0000 \| label4 = others 3 \| value4 = 0.31 \| color4 = #A2A2D0 }} \| {{Pie chart \| caption=total: 962 \| label1 = Roman Catholics 944 \| value1 = 98.12 \| color1 = #4169E1 \| label2 = jewish 10 \| value2 = 1.03 \| color2 = #FFBF00 \| label3 = eastern orthodox 5 \| value3 = 0.51 \| color3 = #FF0000 \| label4 = calvinists 3 \| value4 = 0.31 \| color4 = #BDB76B }}

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colspan="2" | Petlovac

Population by ethnicity

Population by religion

{{Pie chart

| caption=total: 962

| label1 = Germans 927

| value1 = 96.36

| color1 = #BDB76B

| label2 = Hungarians 28

| value2 = 2.91

| color2 = #665D1E

| label3 = Serbs 4

| value3 = 0.41

| color3 = #FF0000

| label4 = others 3

| value4 = 0.31

| color4 = #A2A2D0

}}

| {{Pie chart

| caption=total: 962

| label1 = Roman Catholics 944

| value1 = 98.12

| color1 = #4169E1

| label2 = jewish 10

| value2 = 1.03

| color2 = #FFBF00

| label3 = eastern orthodox 5

| value3 = 0.51

| color3 = #FF0000

| label4 = calvinists 3

| value4 = 0.31

| color4 = #BDB76B

}}

In 1910. census together with settlement Zeleno Polje.

References

Literature

Book: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880–1991: po naseljima, autor: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998., {{ISBN|953-6667-07-X}}, {{ISBN|978-953-6667-07-9}};

Category:Populated places in Osijek-Baranja County

Category:Municipalities of Croatia

Category:Baranya (region)