Vrbje

Vrbje
Vrbje
Coordinates: 45°11′N17°25′E / 45.183°N 17.417°E / 45.183; 17.417
Country	Croatia
County	Brod-Posavina
Area [1]
• Total	79.3 km2 (30.6 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]
• Total	1,691
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	vrbje.hr

Vrbje is a village and a municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia.

History

The village of Vrbje was first mentioned in 1720. ^[3] The local Roman Catholic Church of Saint Joseph was mentioned in 1758 at the time when it was still a wooden construction. ^[3] A new baroque style church was erected in period between 1773 and 1789 and its most recent reconstruction took place in 1985 during the time of the Socialist Republic of Croatia. ^[3]

Demographics

In 2021, the municipality had 1,691 residents in the following 7 settlements: ^[2]

• Bodovaljci, population 410
• Dolina, population 174
• Mačkovac, population 205
• Savski Bok, population 39
• Sičice, population 338
• Visoka Greda, population 167
• Vrbje, population 358

Vrbje: Population trends 1857–2021

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population	2958	2992	2675	3089	3231	3957	3814	4065	4315	4341	4253	3920	3471	3210	2906	2215	1691
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

In 2011, 99% of the population were Croats. ^[4]

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. Škiljan, Filip (2010). Kulturno – historijski spomenici zapadne Slavonije s pregledom povijesti zapadne Slavonije od prapovijesti do 20. stoljeća [Cultural and historical monuments of western Slavonia with an overview of the history of western Slavonia from prehistory to the 20th century] (in Serbian). Zagreb, Croatia: Serb National Council. ISBN   978-953-7442-07-1.
4. "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.