Petrovci, Croatia | |
Native Name: | [1] |
Settlement Type: | Village (Selo) |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia Vukovar-Srijem County#Croatia#Europe |
Pushpin Label: | Petrovci |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 45.2833°N 75°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Croatia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Syrmia (Podunavlje) |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Bogdanovci |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 22.1 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 643 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Petrovci (Rusyn, Ruthenians: Петровци,[3] Ukrainian: Петрівці, Serbian: Петровци) is a village in eastern Croatia, in the municipality of Bogdanovci. According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 864. The majority of residents are ethnic Rusyns.
The Ruthenians originally came from Hornjica, eastern Slovakia to the Ruski Krstur around 1750, today's Serbia, and between 1830 and 1880 they came to Croatia. The Ruthenian Greek Catholic parish in Petrovci was founded in 1836 and had 1,350 believers. [4]