Rujevac, Croatia Explained

Official Name:Rujevac
Native Name:[1]
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Continental Croatia (Banovina)
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2: Sisak-Moslavina
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Dvor
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:20.0
Elevation M:198
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:124
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:44440 Dvor
Area Code:(+385) 44

Rujevac (Serbian: Рујевац)[3] is a village in central Croatia, in the municipality of Dvor, Sisak-Moslavina County. It is connected by the D6 highway.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the village of Rujevac has 254 inhabitants. This represents 43.35% of its pre-war population according to the 1991 census.

The 1991 census[4] recorded that 92.32% of the village population were ethnic Serbs (541/586), 5.12% were Yugoslavs (30/586), 1.19% were ethnic Croats (7/586), while 1.37% were of other ethnic origin (8/586)


NOTE: Figures for years of 1869 and 1880 also include population of Trgovi

Religion

Serbian Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord

Serbian Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Rujevac was completed in 1887 in historicist style.[5] Church's iconostasis was completed in 1896 by Ivan Hochetlinger.[5] Some of its icons were destroyed in 1941 when a Roman Catholic priest Osvald Tot who was involved with Ustashe government took them away under the claim that they need to be restored and adapted for Catholic services.[5] Missing icons were painted by Dimitrije Joka in 1971 when the church was reconstructed.[5]

Sights and events

References

45.1303°N 16.2658°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima . October 2013 . Government of Croatia . . 36 . hr . PDF . 30 November 2016.
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  3. Web site: Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima . October 2013 . Government of Croatia . . 36 . hr . PDF . 30 November 2016.
  4. Izdanje Državnog zavoda za statistiku RH: Narodnosni sastav stanovništva RH od 1880-1991. godine.
  5. Book: Škiljan, Filip . 2008 . Kulturno – historijski spomenici Banije s pregledom povijesti Banije od prapovijesti do 1881. . Cultural and historical monuments of Banija with an overview of history Banija from prehistory to 1881. . Serbian . Zagreb, Croatia . . 978-953-7442-04-0.