Mirkovci

For other places with the same name, see Mirkovci (disambiguation).
Mirkovci
Village
Mirkovci
Mirkovci
Coordinates: 45°16′16″N 18°51′00″E / 45.271°N 18.850°ECoordinates: 45°16′16″N 18°51′00″E / 45.271°N 18.850°E
Country  Croatia
County Vukovar-Srijem
City Vinkovci
Population (2011[1])
 • Total 3,280
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration VK

Mirkovci (Hungarian: Szegfalu, Serbian Cyrillic: Мирковци) is a village and the suburb of town Vinkovci, in eastern Croatia. It is in the Syrmia region, located immediately southeast of Vinkovci. The Vinkovci-Gunja railway separates it from the rest of the city. The population is 2,673 (census 2001).[2]

History

In the vicinity, the Roman town of Cibalae (Vinkovci) was the birthplace of Valentinian I in 321.

During the Second World War, 107 ethnic Serbs were transferred and killed in the Jasenovac concentration camp by the Croatian fascist Ustashe.[3]

During the Croatian War of Independence, Mirkovci was under Serb control since the majority of inhabitants were ethnic Serbs.[4]

The majority of the inhabitants are ethnic Serbs. A former village, Milovanci (Hungarian: Monostormilvány) is today part of Mirkovci.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dzs.hr/Eng/censuses/census2011/htm/E11_Zup26_4871.html
  2. ↑ "Stanovništvo prema prisutnosti/odsutnosti u naselju popisa, po naseljima, popis 2001. - Vukovarsko-srijemska županija - Grad Vinkovci" (in Croatian). State Statistics Bureau of the Republic of Croatia. 2001. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
  3. ↑ https://cp13.heritagewebdesign.com/~lituchy/victim_search.php?field=origin&searchtype=contains&data=mirkovci
  4. ↑ http://www.icty.org/x/cases/kordic/trans/en/991019it.htm
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