Batina

Batina
Batina
Coordinates:
Country  Croatia
County Osijek-Baranja County
Municipality Draž
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 881

Batina is a village and port on the right bank of the Danube in the region of Baranja, Croatia, 25 km northeast of Osijek. Its elevation is 105 m. The chief occupation is farming. Administratively, it is located in the Draž municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County.

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Geography

Batina is located on the main road (M 17.1) Osijek-Batina-Bezdan. In 1974 the road bridge over the Danube was built. It is a state border crossing.

Features

The recreational and bathing resort "Zeleni Otok" (Green Island) offers a number of opportunities in the warm part of the year, especially water sports. It is also the centre of the Baranja Art Colony.

History

A continuity of settlement from the Middle Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age has been discovered on the Gradac hill.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011, First Results by Settlements" (in Croatian and English) (HTML). Statistical Reports (Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics) (1441). June 2011. ISSN 1332-0297. http://www.dzs.hr/Eng/censuses/census2011/htm/E11_Zup25_0914.html. Retrieved 2011-08-23.