Drenovci

For the village in North Macedonia, see Drenovci, Dolneni. For the village in Bosnia and Herzegovina, see Drinovci.

Drenovci
Municipality
Municipality of Drenovci Općina Drenovci
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Coordinates: 44°55′12″N 18°51′0″E
Country	Croatia
County	Vukovar-Syrmia
Area [1]
• Municipality	200.3 km^2 (77.3 sq mi)
• Urban	74.9 km^2 (28.9 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Municipality	3,662
• Density	18/km^2 (47/sq mi)
• Urban	1,398
• Urban density	19/km^2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	?
Area code	32
Vehicle registration	VK
Website	opcina-drenovci.hr

Drenovci (Hungarian: Drenóc, German: Drenowitz, Bosnian: Drenovci, Serbian Cyrillic: Дреновци) is a village and municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in Croatia. The municipality is part of Slavonia.

Population

According to the 2011 census, there are 5,174 inhabitants, in the following settlements:[3]

• Drenovci, population 1,946
• Đurići, population 286
• Posavski Podgajci, population 1,255
• Račinovci, population 700
• Rajevo Selo, population 987

87.05% of the population are Croats.[4]

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.[5] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Bosniaks and Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Drenovci Municipality with Serb council remaining unelected due to lack of candidates.[6]

Name

The name of the village in Croatian is plural.

See also

• Vukovar-Srijem County
• Cvelferija

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" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Drenovci". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
4. "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Vukovar-Sirmium". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
5. "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
6. "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XVI. VUKOVARSKO-SRIJEMSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.