Baranjsko Petrovo Selo

Baranjsko Petrovo Selo
Baranjsko Petrovo Selo
	Village
	Baranjsko Petrovo Selo, Roman Catholic church "St. Lawrence" in main street
	Baranjsko Petrovo Selo
	Coordinates: 45°45′18″N 18°28′10″E / 45.75500°N 18.46944°E
Country	Croatia
Region	Baranya (Podunavlje)
County	Osijek-Baranja
Municipality	Petlovac
Elevation	289 ft (88 m)
Population (2011)
• Total	525
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	31322 Baranjsko Petrovo Selo
Area code(s)	(+385) 31

Baranjsko Petrovo Selo (Hungarian: Petárda) is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Petlovac municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 525 people.^[1]

History

It was first mentioned in 1349 and its older name was Petarda. According to Ottoman defters (tax records), the village was also inhabited during Ottoman administration.

Parts of settlement (hamlets)

Bakanga, Baranjsko Petrovo Selo, Repnjak and Žido-Pusta. Former parts are: Greisinger-Pusta, Paleža-Salaš, Vrbak-Pusta and Žido-Lugarna. Till 1991. part of settlement was also Novo Nevesinje which is now independent settlement.

Population

Population data graph 1857.-2011.^[2]

Ethnic composition, 1991. census

Baranjsko Petrovo Selo
1991
total: 779 Croats 609 (78.17%) Hungarians 72 (9.24%) Serbs 29 (3.72%) Yugoslavs 11 (1.41%) Romanians 6 (0.77%) Roma 5 (0.64%) Albanians 4 (0.51%) Germans 4 (0.51%) Ruthenians 3 (0.38%) Slovaks 3 (0.38%) Italians 1 (0.12%) Macedonians 1 (0.12%) ethnically undeclared 14 (1.79%) unknown 17 (2.18%)

Austria-Hungary 1910. census

Baranjsko Petrovo Selo
Population by ethnicity	Population by religion
total: 1,007 Croats 790 (78.45%) Hungarians 108 (10.72%) Germans 62 (6.15%) Serbs 21 (2.08%) others 26 (2.58%)	total: 1,007 Roman Catholics 963 (95.63%) eastern orthodox 23 (2.28%) calvinists 8 (0.79%) jewish 6 (0.59%) others 7 (0.69%)

In 1910. census together with settlement Novo Nevesinje.

References

↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Baranjsko Petrovo Selo". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
↑ Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001., www.dzs.hr

Literature

Book: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880–1991: po naseljima, autor: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998., ISBN 953-6667-07-X, ISBN 978-953-6667-07-9;