Petlovac

Petlovac
Municipality
Municipality of Petlovac Općina Petlovac
Petlovac Location of Petlovac in Croatia
Petlovac Location of Petlovac in Osijek-Baranja County
Coordinates: 45°45′30″N 18°31′41″E / 45.75833°N 18.52806°E / 45.75833; 18.52806
Country	Croatia
County	Osijek-Baranja County
Government
• Municipal mayor	Drago Dominić
Area
• Total	93 km2 (36 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Total	2,405[1]
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal codes	31321 Petlovac
Area code(s)	031

Petlovac (Hungarian: Baranyaszentistván)^[2] is a village and municipality in the western part of Baranja, which comprise the northern part of Osijek-Baranja County in Croatia.

Name

Its name derived from the Croatian word "petao" (which means "rooster" in English).

Demographics

Municipality of Petlovac has 2,405 inhabitants (2011 census), including:

• 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:

• Petlovac
• Baranjsko Petrovo Selo
• Luč
• Novi Bezdan
• Novo Nevesinje
• Sudaraž
• Širine
• Torjanci
• Zeleno Polje

See also

• Osijek-Baranja County
• Baranja

References

Subdivisions of Osijek-Baranja County Cities and towns Beli Manastir Belišće Đakovo Donji Miholjac Našice Osijek (seat) Valpovo Municipalities Antunovac Bilje Bizovac Čeminac Čepin Darda Donja Motičina Draž Drenje Đurđenovac Erdut Ernestinovo Feričanci Gorjani Jagodnjak Kneževi Vinogradi Koška Levanjska Varoš Magadenovac Marijanci Petlovac Petrijevci Podgorač Podravska Moslavina Popovac Punitovci Satnica Đakovačka Semeljci Strizivojna Šodolovci Trnava Viljevo Viškovci Vladislavci Vuka

Coordinates: 45°45′N 18°32′E / 45.750°N 18.533°E / 45.750; 18.533

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