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Petrovci, Croatia
Petrovci, Croatia
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| Coordinates: 45°17′N 18°57′E / 45.283°N 18.950°E | |
| Country | Croatia |
| Region | Syrmia (Podunavlje) |
| County |  Vukovar-Syrmia |
| Municipality | Bogdanovci |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.1 km2 (8.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 643 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (75/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Petrovci (Rusyn, Ruthenians: Петровци,[4] Ukrainian: Петрівці, Serbian Cyrillic: 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. [5]
- ^ Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 34. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ "Minority names in Croatia:Registar Geografskih Imena Nacionalnih Manjina Republike Hrvatske" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
- ^ "Rusini u Hrvatskoj – Hrvatska internetska enciklopedija". enciklopedija.cc. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
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