Ernestinovo

Ernestinovo
Municipality
Ernestinovo Power Station
Ernestinovo Power Station
Ernestinovo is located in Osijek-Baranja County
Ernestinovo
Ernestinovo
Location of Ernestinovo in Croatia
Ernestinovo is located in Croatia
Ernestinovo
Ernestinovo
Ernestinovo (Croatia)
Ernestinovo is located in Europe
Ernestinovo
Ernestinovo
Ernestinovo (Europe)
Coordinates: 45°27′N 18°40′E / 45.45°N 18.66°E / 45.45; 18.66
Country Croatia
RegionSlavonia (Podunavlje)
County Osijek-Baranja
Area
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 • Municipality32.0 km2 (12.4 sq mi)
 • Urban
10.9 km2 (4.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Municipality1,948
 • Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
 • Urban
996
 • Urban density91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (Central European Time)
Websiteernestinovo.hr

Ernestinovo (Hungarian: Ernőháza, German: Ernestinenhof, Serbian Cyrillic: Ернестиново) is a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia.

The municipality of Ernestinovo was founded in 1884, before that Ernestinovo was part of the municipality of Čepin.[3]

There are a total of 2,189 inhabitants, 78% of them Croats, 19% Hungarians, and 7% Serbs.[4] The municipality consists of the settlements of Divoš (pop. 63), Ernestinovo (pop. 1,047), and Laslovo (pop. 1,079).[5]

Ernestinovo also had some people of German descent, although most of the German inhabitants were expelled in 1944.[6]

North of Ernestinovo lies the major HEP Substation TS Ernestinovo, which was originally built in 1977 as the first 400 kV station in Croatia. It is connected with long-distance power lines to TS Tumbri/Žerjavinec (Zagreb) and Pécs, Hungary. It had been destroyed in the Croatian War of Independence in 1991,[7] but was fully repaired in 2003.[8] Bobota Canal passes next to the village.

Ernestinovo is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[9]

Politics

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Minority councils

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Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting the local or regional authorities, advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.[10] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Hungarians and Serbs of Croatia each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members municipal minority councils of the Ernestinovo Municipality but the elections for Serb council were not held due to the lack of candidates.[11]

References

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  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" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ "Kronološki pregled povijesti – Ernestinovo" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Ernestinovo". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  6. ^ "O nama". Ernestinovo Municipality. Archived from the original on 2012-05-19. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
  7. ^ "Obnova trafostanice u Ernestinovu" (PDF). Građevinar (in Croatian). 55 (1). 2003. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Povijest". hops.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  9. ^ Lovrinčević, Željko; Davor, Mikulić; Budak, Jelena (June 2004). "AREAS OF SPECIAL STATE CONCERN IN CROATIA- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS". Ekonomski pregled, Vol.55 No.5-6. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XIV. OSJEČKO-BARANJSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
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