Official Name: | Đeletovci |
Settlement Type: | Village (Selo) |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia Vukovar-Srijem County#Croatia#Europe |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 45.183°N 19.013°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Croatia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Syrmia (Podunavlje) |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Nijemci |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 11.1 |
Elevation M: | 83 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 419 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
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.The village is located on the Zagreb-Belgrade Railway and the D57 road.[2]
The village is best known for oil and natural gas fields[3] located in the vicinity owned by INA. The village is inhabited mostly Catholic Croats.
The name of the village in Croatian is plural.
Đeletovci was occupied by Yugoslavian army and by Republic of Serb Krajina forces on October 1, 1991.[4] 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.[4] In 1998, the area was reintegrated into the Republic of Croatia. During the war, Serb forces evicted 900 inhabitants of the village.[5] By 2011 there were 511 people in the village.
The village has a cultural association KUD Grančica.[6] The association was founded in 1965.[7]