Đeletovci Explained

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.

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.[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.

Culture

The village has a cultural association KUD Grančica.[6] The association was founded in 1965.[7]

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Početak radova na obnovi pruge od Đeletovaca do Jankovaca . 2008-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717225204/http://www.vktel.com/v/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1329&Itemid=40 . 2011-07-17 . dead .
  3. Encyclopedia: Đeletovci. Croatian Encyclopedia. Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. hr. 7 January 2021.
  4. http://www.vjesnik.com/pdf/2005%5C06%5C10%5C06A6.PDF Mještani Ðeletovaca i Vinkovačkih Banovaca nakon vijesti o uhićenju pripadnika srpske specijalne postrojbe
  5. http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/99/03/10/KRV.html U Đeletovcima, selu "srijemskog trokuta" u Vukovarsko-srijemskoj županiji koje je potpuno uništeno u ratu, puštena je u rad visoko- i niskonaponska električna mreža
  6. http://www.dksrijem.com/dksrijem.php?id_kat=4 Program manifestacije za 2008.
  7. http://www.ezadar.hr/clanak/vecer-folklora-u-srcu-paga Večer folklora u srcu Paga