Čeminac

Čeminac (Hungarian: Laskafalu, Serbian Cyrillic: Чеминац, German: Laschkafeld) is a village and municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. There are 2,856 inhabitants in the municipality. Čeminac is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[3]

Čeminac
Municipality
Municipality of Čeminac
Općina Čeminac
Map of Čeminac municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County
Map of Čeminac municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County
Čeminac is located in Osijek-Baranja County
Čeminac
Čeminac
Location in Croatia
Čeminac is located in Croatia
Čeminac
Čeminac
Čeminac (Croatia)
Čeminac is located in Europe
Čeminac
Čeminac
Čeminac (Europe)
Coordinates: 45°41′11″N 18°40′3″E
Country Croatia
RegionBaranya (Podunavlje)
County Osijek-Baranja
Government
 • MayorDamir Rešetar
Area
[1]
 • Municipality61.4 km2 (23.7 sq mi)
 • Urban
22.1 km2 (8.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Municipality2,484
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
 • Urban
865
 • Urban density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websiteceminac.hr

Geography

Čeminac is located in the central part of Croatian Baranja and it is surrounded by the municipalities of: Jagodnjak, Beli Manastir, Kneževi Vinogradi, Bilje, and Darda.

The municipality of Čeminac includes the following settlements:

History

This Village was established by the Danube Swabians (Schwowe) in 1720 from Fulda and Eisfeld, locally also called Stifolder.[4] The Čeminac area was home to a sizeable Danube Swabians population before the end of World War II.[5] With the Red Army's crossing of the Danube at Batina most of these Germans left, and their property was confiscated by Communist Yugoslavia's government.[5]

Demographics

There are 3,500 inhabitants in 1,100 households living in the area of Čeminac. [6]

Ethnic groups in the municipality (2011 census):[7]

Politics

Minority councils

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.[8] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Hungarians and Serbs of Croatia each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members municipal minority councils of the Čeminac Municipality but the elections were not held for either one of them due to the lack of candidates.[9]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Čeminac is Azure a Lion rampant double-queued Or holding a Plough-share Argent.[10]

References
  1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. Lovrinčević, Željko; Davor, Mikulić; Budak, Jelena (June 2004). "AREAS OF SPECIAL STATE CONCERN IN CROATIA- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS". Ekonomski pregled, Vol.55 No.5-6. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  4. Wild, Katharina (2011). "Die deutschen Dialekte im Baranyaer Dreieck // German Dialects in the Baranya Triangle". Zagreber germanistische Beiträge (in German). Odsjek za germanistiku Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. 20 (1): 151–163.
  5. "Kozarac - Čeminac Municipality". Archived from the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
  6. "O Baranji". Visit Baranja (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  7. "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Osijek-Baranja". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  8. "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  9. "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XIV. OSJEČKO-BARANJSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 20. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  10. "Čeminac (Municipality, Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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