Petrovci, Croatia Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima . October 2013 . Government of Croatia . . 34 . hr . PDF . 29 November 2016 .
  2. cs1.
  3. Web site: Minority names in Croatia:Registar Geografskih Imena Nacionalnih Manjina Republike Hrvatske. PDF. 2013-03-08. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211333/http://www.nipp.hr/UserDocsImages/Registar%20geografska%20imena%20nacionalnih%20manjina%20RH.pdf. 2013-10-29.
  4. Web site: Rusini u Hrvatskoj – Hrvatska internetska enciklopedija . 2022-10-02 . enciklopedija.cc.