Đeletovci (Hungarian: Gyelétfalva) is a village in the municipality of Nijemci within the Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia. It had a population of 511 people in the 2011 census.[4] The village is located on the Zagreb-Belgrade Railway and the D57 road.[5]

The village is best known for oil and natural gas fields[2] located in the vicinity owned by INA. The village is inhabited mostly Catholic Croats.

Name

The name of the village in Croatian is plural.

History

Đeletovci was occupied by Yugoslavian army and by Republic of Serb Krajina forces on October 1, 1991.[6] The village was integrated into the rebel Republic of Serb Krajina during the Yugoslav Wars. The Scorpions paramilitary controlled the village during the war and remained there until 1996 when the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium took control of the area.[6] In 1998, the area was reintegrated into the Republic of Croatia. During the war, Serb forces evicted 900 inhabitants of the village.[7] By 2011 there were 511 people in the village.

Culture

The village has a cultural association KUD Grančica.[8] The association was founded in 1965.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ a b "Đeletovci". Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  4. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Đeletovci". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  5. ^ "Početak radova na obnovi pruge od Đeletovaca do Jankovaca". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  6. ^ a b Mještani Ðeletovaca i Vinkovačkih Banovaca nakon vijesti o uhićenju pripadnika srpske specijalne postrojbe[dead link‍]
  7. ^ U Đeletovcima, selu "srijemskog trokuta" u Vukovarsko-srijemskoj županiji koje je potpuno uništeno u ratu, puštena je u rad visoko- i niskonaponska električna mreža
  8. ^ Program manifestacije za 2008. Archived January 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Večer folklora u srcu Paga
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90eletovci
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