Stari Jankovci

The population is distributed in the following settlements:{{Croatian Census 2011|S|16|4146}}

• Novi Jankovci, population 934
• Orolik, population 512
• Slakovci, population 958
• Srijemske Laze, population 572
• Stari Jankovci, population 1,429

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

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.{{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 |access-date=25 August 2018 }}

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.

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".{{cite web|url=https://www.hgk.hr/documents/opcineppdsdocx578c8f61e2fed.pdf |publisher=Croatian Chamber of Economy |title=Općine na područjima posebne državne skrbi Republike Hrvatske |access-date=15 April 2020 }} 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. {{Cite web |title=Stari Jankovci |url=https://o-jankovci.hr/index.php/o-nama/naselja-opcine/stari-jankovci |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=o-jankovci.hr}}

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

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 and Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Stari Jankovci Municipality with Hungarians electing full and Serbs 9 members council in the end.{{cite web|url=https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2023/Manjinski%20izbori%202023/Rezultati/Z16_VUKOVARSKO_SRIJEMSKA_ZUPANIJA.pdf | title=Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XVI. VUKOVARSKO-SRIJEMSKA ŽUPANIJA | date=2023 | author= | publisher=Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske | page=21 | language=hr | format=PDF | access-date=3 June 2023}}

• Jankovci railway station

• [http://www.o-jankovci.hr/ Jankovci Municipality]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH_5jKJ9nhs Aerial view of the village on the Stari Jankovci Municipality You-Tube Page]

{{Stari Jankovci Municipality}}

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