Tompojevci Explained

Official Name:Tompojevci
Native Name Lang:hr
Settlement Type:Municipality
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Croatia
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Coordinates:45.2333°N 25°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Croatia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Syrmia (Podunavlje)
Subdivision Type2:County
Seat Type:Municipal seat

Largest settlement
Seat:Tompojevci

Berak
Leader Party:HDZ
Leader Title:Municipal mayor
Leader Name:Milan Grubač
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:72.4
Area Urban Km2:17.4
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:1116
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:227
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:32238
Area Code:32
Registration Plate:VU

Tompojevci (Hungarian: Tompojevce, Rusyn: Томпоєвци, Serbian: Томпојевци) is a village and municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in Croatia.

The village of Tompojevci was first mentioned in the 13th century, in Hungarian documents as Tomteleke. The Croatian name of the village, Tompojevci, appears for the first time in 1581. According to the population census from 1847, Tompojevci had 501 inhabitants, 492 Catholics and 9 Orthodox. [2]

According to the 2011 census, there are 1,565 inhabitants in the municipality. With pronounced issue of population decline in eastern Croatia caused by population ageing, effects of the Croatian War of Independence and emigration after the accession of Croatia to the European Union, the population of the municipality dropped to 1,116 residents at the time of 2021 census.

The municipality encompasses the Jelaš Forest, where a mass grave containing six bodies and three individual graves of people killed during the Croatian War of Independence were found. four of the bodies remain unidentified, while the rest were Croatian National Guard soldiers and civilians. A memorial was built at the site in 2013.[3]

Tompojevci is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[4]

Name

The name of the village in Croatian is plural.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in the municipality include (2011 census):

Inhabited places

Municipality contains the villages of Berak, Bokšić, Čakovci, Grabovo, Mikluševci and Tompojevci.

SettlementPopulation
Berak386
Bokšić126
Čakovci366
Grabovo47
Mikluševci375
Tompojevci309

Politics

Mayor of the municipality is Tomislav Panenić.

Minority councils

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.[5] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Hungarians, Pannonian Rusyns and Serbs of Croatia each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Tompojevci Municipality.[6]

Languages

thumbnail|bilingual plate on Hungarian House in ČakovciIn the Municipality of Tompojevci for the territory of the settlement of Mikluševci, where Rusyns make up the majority of the population (of the total of 486 inhabitants 359 are Rusyns), equal use of the Rusyn language has been introduced by the Statute of the Municipality of Tompojevci, and for the settlement of Čakovci in the same Municipality, where Hungarians make up the majority of the population, equal use of the Hungarian language and script has been introduced.

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Naselja Općine – Općina Tompojevci . 2023-01-23 . hr.
  3. Web site: Croatian Radiotelevision. Croatian. U Sotinu pokopano 11 žrtava iz masovne grobnice. Eleven Mass Grave Victims Buried in Sotin. 14 October 2013.
  4. Web site: AREAS OF SPECIAL STATE CONCERN IN CROATIA- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS . Lovrinčević . Željko . Davor . Mikulić . Budak . Jelena . Ekonomski pregled, Vol.55 No.5-6 . June 2004 . 25 August 2018 . dead . 18 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180818150557/https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?id_clanak_jezik=24709&show=clanak .
  5. Web site: Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije . 13 March 2023 . . 2 May 2023.
  6. Web site: Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XVI. VUKOVARSKO-SRIJEMSKA ŽUPANIJA . 2023 . Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske . 22-23 . hr . PDF . 3 June 2023.