Nijemci

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Nijemci
Village and Municipality
Nijemci
Nijemci
Location in Croatia
Nijemci
Coordinates: 45°8′N 19°2′E / 45.133°N 19.033°E / 45.133; 19.033Coordinates: 45°8′N 19°2′E / 45.133°N 19.033°E / 45.133; 19.033
Country  Croatia
County Vukovar-Syrmia
Population (2011)[1]
  Municipality 4,715
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code Nijemci 32 245
Lipovac 32 246
Đeletovci 32 244
Donje Novo Selo 32 245
Banovci 32 247
Podgrađe 32 245
Apševci 32 246
Vinkovački Banovci 32 247
Area code(s) 32
Vehicle registration VK
Website opcina-nijemci.com

Nijemci is a village and a municipality in the Vukovar-Srijem County in Croatia.

In the 2001 census, there were 5,998 inhabitants in the municipality, 88.53% which were Croats. In the 2011 census, there were a total of 4,715 inhabitants in the municipality. The second largest ethnic group are Serbs who live mainly in two villages in the north of the municipality.

Languages and names

The village's name means "Germans" in Croatian. The root of the word "nijem" means "mute", and is a known Slavonic etymology for the name of the Germans.

Before World War II there was a substantial Danube Swabian minority resident here. The Communist regime of Josip Broz Tito expelled almost all of them at the end of World War II after 1945.

In villages Šidski Banovci and Vinkovački Banovci, along with Croatian which is officiall in the whole country, as a second official language has been introduced Serbian language and Serbian Cyrillic.[2][3]

Geography

Municipality is located in historical regions of Syrmia. Municipality total area is 224.68 km2. Rivers Spačva i Bosut flows through the municipality. The territory of the municipality is completely flat very fertile black soil.

Climate and weather

Nijemci municipality has a moderately warm and rainy continental climate as defined by the Köppen climate classification. Due to the influence of continentality temperature differences within one year are more pronounced than in the rest of country.

Population

Economy

Education

Settlements

The following settlements comprise the Nijemci municipality:[1]

Settlement Population
Nijemci 1,602
Lipovac 809
Đeletovci 508
Donje Novo Selo 495
Banovci 438
Podgrađe 372
Apševci 310
Vinkovački Banovci 173

Notable natives and residents

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011, First Results by Settlements" (HTML). Statistical Reports (in Croatian and English) (Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics) (1441). June 2011. ISSN 1332-0297. Retrieved 2012-04-17. 
  2. Izvješće o provođenju ustavnog zakona o pravima nacionalnih manjina i o utošku sredstava osiguranih u državnom proračunu Republike Hrvatske za 2008. godinu za potrebe nacionalnih manjina, Zagreb, 2009.
  3. http://www.nipp.hr/UserDocsImages/Registar%20geografska%20imena%20nacionalnih%20manjina%20RH.pdf

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