Otok, Vukovar-Syrmia County

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Otok
Grad Otok
Town of Otok
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Location of Otok in Croatia
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Otok (Croatia)
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Otok (Europe)
Coordinates: 45°8′48.12″N18°53′2.04″E / 45.1467000°N 18.8839000°E / 45.1467000; 18.8839000
Country Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Region Slavonia (Spačva basin)
County Flag of Vukovar-Syrmia County.svg  Vukovar-Syrmia
Government
  MayorSlavko Grgić (DP)
Area
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   Town
136.5 km2 (52.7 sq mi)
  Urban
74.1 km2 (28.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
   Town
4,899
  Density36/km2 (93/sq mi)
   Urban
3,571
  Urban density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
32252
Area code 32
Vehicle registration VK
Website otok.hr

Otok (Hungarian : Atak) is a town in eastern Croatia, located 20 km south of Vinkovci, in eastern Slavonia. The settlement gained the status of town by the decision of the Parliament of Croatia on July 13, 2006. [3] At the time, nearby Privlaka was a part of the municipality, but was subsequently declared a municipality in its own right. The population of the town of Otok is 6,343 (census 2011), with 4,694 residents in Otok itself and 1,649 in the nearby village of Komletinci. [4] In the census of 2011, 99.31% of the population declared themselves Croats. [5]

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Town of Otok: Population trends 1857–2021
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Otok (settlement)

Settlement of Otok: Population trends 1857–2021
population
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1991 census

Otok [6]
Population by ethnicity

total: 5,889

   Croats 5,758 (97.77%)
   Serbs 25 (0.42%)
   Muslims 17 (0.28%)
   Hungarians 9 (0.15%)
   Slovaks 7 (0.11%)
   Yugoslavs 5 (0.08%)
   Albanians 3 (0.05%)
   Slovenes 2 (0.03%)
   Germans 1 (0.01%)
   Rusyns 1 (0.01%)
  nondeclared 23 (0.39%)
  unknown 38 (0.64%)

1910 census

According to the 1910 census, settlement of Otok had 3,568 inhabitants which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:

Otok [6]
Population by languagePopulation by religion

total: 3,568

   Croatian 3,119 (87.41%)
   German 123 (3.44%)
   Hungarian 56 (1.56%)
   Serbian 48 (1.34%)
   Slovene 41 (1.14%)
   Slovak 8 (0.22%)
   Czech 2 (0.05%)
   Italian 1 (0.02%)
   Rusyn 1 (0.02%)
  others 169 (4.73%)

total: 3,568

   Rom. Cath. 3,299 (92.46%)
   East. Orthodox 214 (5.99%)
   Jewish 18 (0.50%)
   Calvinists 17 (0.47%)
   Lutherans 11 (0.30%)
   East. Catholics 9 (0.25%)

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References

  1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata   Q119585703.
  2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. "Proslavljen Dan Grada Otoka". Vukovar-Syrmia County. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Otok". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  5. "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Vukovar-Sirmium". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  6. 1 2 Book: "Ethnic and religious composition of population of Croatia, 1880-1991: by settlements", author: Jakov Gelo, publisher: Zagreb, Croatian bureau of statistics, 1998., ISBN   953-6667-07-X, ISBN   978-953-6667-07-9;