Šodolovci

Šodolovci
Шодоловци (Serbian)[1]
Municipality
Šodolovci Municipality
Općina Šodolovci[2]
Šodolovci

Location of Šodolovci in Croatia

Coordinates: 45°23′59″N 18°37′15″E / 45.399748°N 18.620936°E / 45.399748; 18.620936Coordinates: 45°23′59″N 18°37′15″E / 45.399748°N 18.620936°E / 45.399748; 18.620936
Country  Croatia
County Osijek-Baranja
Area
  Total 78.72 km2 (30.39 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
  Total 1,653
Time zone Central European Time (UTC+1)
Official languages Croatian, Serbian[4]

Šodolovci (Serbian Cyrillic: Шодоловци)[5] is a village and a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia.

Demographics

Population

According to the 2011 census, there are 1,365 Serbs, 248 Croats and 40 others.[6] By mother tongue, there are 885 Croatian speakers, 697 Serbian speakers and 71 speakers of other languages.[7]

Languages

Due to the local minority population, the Šodolovci municipality prescribe the use of not only Croatian as the official language, but the Serbian language and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet as well.[8]

Politics

Multilateral cooperation

Borovo municipality is one of seven member municipalities of Joint Council of Municipalities, inter-municipal sui generis organization of Serbian community in eastern Croatia.

Settlements

Economy

Šodolovci development index is less than 50% of the Croatian average,[9] which classifies them into 10% of the poorest municipalities. Therefore, the municipality is part of the Areas of Special State Concern.[10]

Sport

The football club NK Hajduk Veljko named after Hajduk Veljko is located in Šodolovci.

See also

References

  1. 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. 36. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  2. Statute of Šodolovci Municipality
  3. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Šodolovci". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. Četvrto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima, Zagreb, 2009
  5. "Minority names in Croatia:Registar Geografskih Imena Nacionalnih Manjina Republike Hrvatske" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-03-08.
  6. "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.
  7. "Population by Mother Tongue, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Osijek-Baranja". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  8. Izvješće o provođenju ustavnog zakona o pravima nacionalnih manjina i o utrošku sredstava osiguranih u državnom proračunu Republike Hrvatske za 2008. godinu za potrebe nacionalnih manjina, Zagreb, 2009.
  9. http://www.zadra.hr/ugovori/odluka_o_razvrstavanju_jedinica_lokalne_i_podrucne_(regionalne)_samouprave_prema_stupnju_razvijenosti.pdf
  10. http://www.pravo.unizg.hr/_download/repository/Zakon_o_PPDS.pdf
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