Brodski Varoš is a village in municipality of Slavonski Brod in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia. The town is notable for being the birthplace of Đuro Đaković, a prominent labor rights activist and communist revolutionary in Yugoslavia between two World Wars. More recently, Brodski Varoš has gained attention as the residence of Klepetan and Malena, a mating pair of storks whose relationship was covered by the media, raising public interest in the lives of migratory birds.[3]
Brodski Varoš | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Brodski Varoš | |
| Coordinates: 45°11′24″N 18°1′37″E / 45.19000°N 18.02694°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Brod-Posavina County |
| Municipality | Slavonski Brod |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.6 km2 (2.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 1,829 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
History
editBrodski Varoš was settled by German Protestants in the 1800s.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Klepetan and Malena – Croatia's most Unusual Love Story". www.total-croatia-news.com. Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
 | This Brod-Posavina County geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |