| Official Name: | Stari Jankovci |
| Native Name Lang: | hr |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Croatia Vukovar-Srijem County#Croatia#Europe |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Croatia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Coordinates: | 45.2667°N 73°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Croatia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Syrmia (Podunavlje) |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Leader Title: | Municipal mayor |
| Leader Name: | Ivo Lozić (HDZ)[1] |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 95.2 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 19.6 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 3271 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 1124 |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
| Population Demonym: | Jankovčanin (♂) Jankovčanka (♀) (per grammatical gender) |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | ? |
| Area Code: | 32 |
| Registration Plate: | VK |
Stari Jankovci (Serbian: Стари Јанковци, Hungarian: Ivanóc) is a village and a municipality in Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia
The village is located to the northeast of the M104 railway route. The village is connected with the rest of the country by the D46 state road connecting it with the town of Vinkovci and continuing into Serbia as the State Road 120 to the nearest town of Šid.
The population is distributed in the following settlements:
The total municipality population was 5,216 in 2001, with 69.50% Croats, 23.24% Serbs and 5.06% Hungarians.
During the Croatian War of Independence, the village was occupied by the rebel Serbs in 1991. The parish church of Blessed Virgin Mary, built in 1780 with a notable Baroque-Classical main altar, was severely damaged.
Stari Jankovci is an underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[3]
The name Stari Jankovci means Old Jankovci, while to the southwest there is a smaller village of Novi Jankovci, meaning New Jankovci.
The name of the village in Croatian is plural.
Traces of continuous human settlement at the area of the municipality are investigated at two prehistoric settlements and one necropolis, one archaeological site from antiquity and medieval necropolis "Balkan".[4] In the area of Jankovci, there was a larger estate whose owner was the nobleman Herka around 1260, and after him duke Pavle Gorjanski. The Turks ruled the Jankovci area from 1526 to 1688. After the departure of the Turks, the Jankovci were part of the Vukovar Manor until 1945 and belonged to civilian Croatia. [5]
The municipality assembly is composed of 15 representatives. As of 2009, the member parties/lists are:[1]
| Party | Number of votes | Number of seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=blue | Croatian Democratic Union | 611 | 5 | |
| bgcolor=blue | Independent Democratic Serb Party | 433 | 3 | |
| bgcolor=green | Croatian Peasant Party | 356 | 3 | |
| bgcolor=yellow | Independent municipal list-Tado Antukić | 291 | 2 | |
| bgcolor=brown | Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja | 132 | 1 | |
| bgcolor=black | Croatian Party of Rights | 115 | 1 | |
Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.[6] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Hungarians and Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Stari Jankovci Municipality with Hungarians electing full and Serbs 9 members council in the end.[7]