Šarengrad

Šarengrad
Šarengrad
Village (Selo)
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	Coordinates: 45°13′52″N 19°16′48″E / 45.23111°N 19.28000°E
Country	Croatia
County	Vukovar-Syrmia
Municipality	Ilok
Area
• Total	33.3 km2 (12.9 sq mi)
Elevation	92 m (302 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	362
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Šarengrađanin (♂) Šarengrađanka (♀); (per grammatical gender)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	32234 Šarengrad
Area code	+385 0(32)

Šarengrad (Serbian Cyrillic: Шаренград, Hungarian: Atya, German: Wetterwardein) is a village in eastern Croatia. It is located along the Danube river and is administratively part of Croatian easternmost town of Ilok. Šarengrad is known for its landscape which is dominated by the river and picturesque houses and church tower next to it. Island of Šarengrad is an 9 km² river island situated close to the village.

Geography

The village is located in the Syrmia region, on the Fruška Gora slopes, next to the Danube river.

Demographics

Settlement of Šarengrad: Population trends 1857–2021

population	1265	1484	1424	1558	1489	1472	1392	1448	1349	1622	1443	1357	1106	1005	838	528	362
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

1991 census

Šarengrad^[3]
1991
total: 1,005 Croats 904 (89.95%) Serbs 48 (4.77%) Slovaks 7 (0.69%) Yugoslavs 6 (0.59%) Hungarians 4 (0.39%) Muslims 3 (0.29%) Slovenes 2 (0.19%) Germans 1 (0.09%) Macedonians 1 (0.09%) Montenegrins 1 (0.09%) others 2 (0.19%) nondeclared 10 (0.99%) unknown 16 (1.59%)

1910 census

According to the 1910 census, settlement of Šarengrad had 1,472 inhabitants (in the main settlement Šarengrad 1,330 and in hamlets: Bjelica 47 and Šarengradska Dobra Voda 95), which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:

Šarengrad^[4]
Population by language	Population by religion
total: 1,472 Croatian 1,008 (68.47%) Serbian 232 (15.76%) Hungarian 117 (7.94%) German 75 (5.09%) Rusyn 17 (1.15%) Slovak 12 (0.81%) Czech 1 (0.06%) Romanian 1 (0.06%) others 9 (0.61%)	total: 1,472 Rom. Cath. 1,188 (80.70%) East. Orthodox 242 (16.44%) East. Catholics 20 (1.35%) Calvinists 12 (0.81%) Jewish 8 (0.54%) Lutherans 2 (0.13%)

Gallery

Main D2 road
Medieval castle
Serbian orthodox church of the Transfiguration of the Lord
Yugoslav Partisans cemetery

References

^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ 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;
^ 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;

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[1] Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.

[Census_2021-2] "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.

[3] 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;

[4] 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;

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