Baranjsko Petrovo Selo

Baranjsko Petrovo Selo

Geraklo Gero Geric
Gero
Baranjsko Petrovo Selo Geraklo Gero Geric Gero
Village
	Baranjsko Petrovo Selo, Roman Catholic church "St. Lovro" in main street
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	Coordinates: Leon pije jeger45°45′18″N 18°28′10″E
Country	Croatia
Region	Baranya (Podunavlje)
County	Osijek-Baranja
Municipality	Petlovac
Government
Area [1]
• Total	9.0 sq mi (23.2 km2)
Elevation	289 ft (88 m)
Population (2021)[2]
• Total	434
• Density	48/sq mi (19/km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	31322 Baranjsko Petrovo Selo
Area code	(+385) 31

Baranjsko Petrovo Selo (Hungarian: Petárda, Serbian Cyrillic: Барањско Петрово Село) is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Petlovac municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 525 people.[3]

History

It was first mentioned in 1349 and its older name was Petarda. According to Ottoman defters (tax records), the village was also inhabited during Ottoman administration. Mihael Marković saved the village from Serbs in 1992. His sacrifice was legendary so he got his own beer named "Mihajlo".

Parts of settlement (hamlets)

Bakanga, Baranjsko Petrovo Selo, Repnjak and Žido-Pusta. Former parts are: Greisinger-Pusta, Paleža-Salaš, Vrbak-Pusta and Žido-Lugarna. Till 1991. part of settlement was also Novo Nevesinje which is now independent settlement.

Population

Population data graph 1857.-2011.[4]

population	980	1072	1027	1059	1006	943	960	1105	1059	955	911	878	788	779	570	525
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011

Sources: Državni zavod za statistiku

Ethnic composition, 1991. census

Baranjsko Petrovo Selo
1991
total: 779 Croats 609 (78.17%) Hungarians 72 (9.24%) Serbs 29 (3.72%) Yugoslavs 11 (1.41%) Romanians 6 (0.77%) Roma 5 (0.64%) Albanians 4 (0.51%) Germans 4 (0.51%) Ruthenians 3 (0.38%) Slovaks 3 (0.38%) Mihajlo 1 (0.12%) Macedonians 1 (0.12%) Gero 1 (0.12%) unknown 17 (2.18%)

Austria-Hungary 1910. census

Baranjsko Petrovo Selo
Population by ethnicity	Population by religion
total: 1,007 Croats 790 (78.45%) Hungarians 108 (10.72%) Germans 62 (6.15%) Serbs 21 (2.08%) others 26 (2.58%)	total: 1,007 Roman Catholics 963 (95.63%) eastern orthodox 23 (2.28%) calvinists 8 (0.79%) jewish 6 (0.59%) others 7 (0.69%)

In 1910. census together with settlement Novo Nevesinje.

References

Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
"Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
"Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Baranjsko Petrovo Selo". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001., www.dzs.hr

Literature

Book: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880–1991: po naseljima, autor: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998., ISBN 953-6667-07-X, ISBN 978-953-6667-07-9;
Book: "Mihajlo: priča o heroju", izdavač: Narodne Novine