Čepin

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Čepin
Municipality
Općina Čepin
Municipality of Čepin
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Location of Čepin in Croatia
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Čepin (Croatia)
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Čepin (Europe)
Coordinates: 45°31′25″N18°33′48″E / 45.52361°N 18.56333°E / 45.52361; 18.56333
Country Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
County Zastava Osjecko-baranjske zupanije.png Osijek-Baranja
Government
 • Municipal mayorDražen Tonkovac (HSS)
Area
[1]
 •  Municipality 120.7 km2 (46.6 sq mi)
 • Urban
75.3 km2 (29.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
 •  Municipality 9,665
 • Density80/km2 (210/sq mi)
 •  Urban
8,001
 • Urban density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
31431 Čepin
Area code 031
Vehicle registration OS
Website cepin.hr

Čepin (Hungarian : Csepin; German : Tschepin; Serbian Cyrillic : Чепин) is a village and a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. It is located in northeast Slavonia, 10 kilometers southwest of Osijek.

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Čepin, with its 11,599 inhabitants at the 2011 census, is now included in Osijek built-up area. The majority of the population is Croat at 93.8%. [3] Minorities include Serbs and Hungarians.

There is also an airport, used exclusively for sport and private flying purposes (Sport Airport Čepin).

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Čepin was part of the Virovitica County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the Municipality of Čepin had 11,599 inhabitants, making it the third largest municipality in Croatia and largest in Slavonia by population. [4] The village of Čepin itself, with 9,500 inhabitants, is the largest settlement in Croatia which doesn't have a town status (excluding Sesvete), hence sometimes being called the "biggest village in Croatia". [5]

In 2011, the following villages comprised the Čepin municipality:

The village of Ovčara, which had a population of 1,066 in the 2001 census, was abolished and merged with the settlement of Čepin in 2005.

The villages of Čepinski Martinci, Čokadinci, and Livana were established as a colonist settlement during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia. [6]

Politics

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. [7] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members municipal minority councils of the Čepin Municipality but the elections were not held due to the lack of candidates. [8]

Notable people

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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. ↑ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Osijek-Baranja". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Stanovništvo u najvećim gradovima i općinama" [Population in biggest cities and municipalities]. Državni zavod za statisku (in Croatian). 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Lokalna Hrvatska - Čepin". Lokalna Hrvatska. Archived from the original on 2013-06-03. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  6. ↑ Šimončić-Bobetko, Zdenka (1990). "Kolonizacija u Hrvatskoj 1919.—1941. godine" [Colonization in Croatia Between 1919 and 1941]. Povijesni prilozi (in Croatian). 9 (9). Zagreb: Hrvatski institut za povijest: 160–162. ISSN   0351-9767.
  7. ↑ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XIV. OSJEČKO-BARANJSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 21. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

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