Marinci, Vukovar-Syrmia County
Marinci | |
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  Marinci  Marinci  Marinci | |
| Coordinates: 45°20′23″N 18°54′01″E / 45.339854°N 18.900229°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Vukovar-Syrmia |
| Municipality | Nuštar |
| Area | |
• Total | 13.3 km2 (5.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 437 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
Marinci is a village in the Nuštar municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia located northeast of Vinkovci and southwest of Vukovar. The population is 670 (census 2011).[3]
The village is located on the county road Ž4137 Nuštar-Bogdanovci-Vukovar[4] and its position was strategically important during the 1991 Battle of Vukovar.[5][6]
Marinci were built on the foundations of an older Roman settlement. A Catholic church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in the center of the village in 1855, demolished in 1992 and rebuilt in 2005. [7]
Name
[edit]The name of the village in Croatian is plural.
References
[edit]- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Marinci". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ "Decision on categorization of public roads as state roads, county roads and local roads". Narodne novine (in Croatian). February 17, 2010.
- ^ Central Intelligence Agency Office of Russian and European Analysis (2000). Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict, 1990-1995: Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency. ISBN 978-0-16-066472-4.
- ^ Tus, Anton (2001). "The war up to the Sarajevo Ceasefire". In Magaš, Branko; Žanić, Ivo (eds.). The War in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina 1991-1995. London: Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN 0-7146-8201-2.
- ^ "Marinci - Općina Nuštar" (in Croatian). 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
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