Marinci, Vukovar-Syrmia County

Marinci is a village in the Nuštar municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia located northeast of Vinkovci and southwest of Vukovar. The population is 670 (census 2011).[3]

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Marinci is located in Vukovar-Syrmia County
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Marinci is located in Croatia
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Marinci is located in Europe
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Coordinates: 45.339854°N 18.900229°E / 45.339854; 18.900229
Country Croatia
County Vukovar-Syrmia
MunicipalityNuštar
Area
[1]
 • Total13.3 km2 (5.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total437
 • Density33/km2 (85/sq mi)

The village is located on the county road Ž4137 Nuštar-Bogdanovci-Vukovar[4] and its position was strategically important during the 1991 Battle of Vukovar.[5][6]

Marinci were built on the foundations of an older Roman settlement. A Catholic church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in the center of the village in 1855, demolished in 1992 and rebuilt in 2005. [7]

Name

The name of the village in Croatian is plural.

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, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Marinci". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. "Decision on categorization of public roads as state roads, county roads and local roads". Narodne novine (in Croatian). February 17, 2010.
  5. Central Intelligence Agency Office of Russian and European Analysis (2000). Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict, 1990-1995: Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency. ISBN 978-0-16-066472-4.
  6. Tus, Anton (2001). "The war up to the Sarajevo Ceasefire". In Magaš, Branko; Žanić, Ivo (eds.). The War in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina 1991-1995. London: Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN 0-7146-8201-2.
  7. "Marinci - Općina Nuštar" (in Croatian). 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
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