Silaš | |
Native Name: | [1] |
Settlement Type: | Village (Selo) |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia Osijek-Baranja County#Croatia#Europe |
Pushpin Label: | Silaš |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Coordinates: | 45.4231°N 18.7731°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Croatia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Šodolovci |
Governing Body: | Local Committee |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 15.9 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 326 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Central European Time |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Official languages |
Blank Info Sec1: | Croatian, Serbian |
Silaš (Serbian: Силаш, Hungarian: Szilas) is a village in the Šodolovci municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. At the time of 2011 Census village's population was 476. Silaš was established in 1922 in the aftermath of the World War I on the spot of abandoned Eltz seigniory.[3] Its original inhabitants were families of Serb soldiers who participated in the Salonica front battles against the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria.[3]
Šodolovci Municipality is divided into two parts with village Palača and Silaš constituting an exclave separated from the rest of municipality by Ernestinovo Municipality and the village of Laslovo on its closest point. In addition, Silaš Exclave is in itself de facto pene-enclave as the main road between Palača and Silaš goes through the village of Korođ in neighboring Vukovar-Srijem County.